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The sweet calm sunshine of October, now Warms the low spot; upon its grassy mould The purple oak-leaf falls; the birchen bough Drops its bright spoil like arrow-heads of gold.

The sweet calm sunshine of October, now Warms the low spot; upon its grassy mould The purple oak-leaf falls; the birchen bough Drops its bright spoil like arrow-heads of gold.

Approximate author period: c. 1836 AD · industrial

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Author or tradition
William Cullen Bryant
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Approximate author period: c. 1836 AD · industrial
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Handy Dictionary of Poetical Quotations (1901) (1901 AD)

Quote1277 · printed citation: WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT: October, 1866.

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