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The month of carnival of all the year, / When Nature lets the wild earth go its way / And spend whole seasons on a single day. / The spring-time holds her white and purple dear; / October, lavish, flaunts them far and near; / The summer charily her reds doth lay / Like jewels on her costliest array; / October, scornful, burns them on a bier. / The winter hoards his pearls of frost in sign / Of kingdom: whiter pearls than winter knew, / Or Empress wore, in Egypt's ancient line, / October, feasting 'neath her dome of blue, / Drinks at a single draught, slow filtered through / Sunshiny air, as in a tingling wine!