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David McCord: Mr. Macklin’s Jack O’Lantern 

Mr. Macklin takes his knife 

And carves the yellow pumpkin face: 

Three holes bring eyes and nose to life, 

The mouth has thirteen teeth in place. 

Then Mr. Macklin just for fun 

Transfers the corn-cob pipe from his

Wry mouth to Jack’s, and everyone 

Dies laughing! O what fun it is 

Till Mr. Macklin draws the shade 

And lights the candle in Jack’s skull. 

Then all the inside dark is made 

As spooky and as horrorful 

As Halloween, and creepy crawl 

The shadows on the tool-house floor, 

With Jack’s face dancing on the wall. 

O Mr. Macklin! where's the door? 

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Sara Teasdale: Dusk in Autumn 

The moon is like a scimitar, 

A little silver scimitar, 

A-drifting down the sky. 

And near beside it is a star, 

A timid twinkling golden star, 

That watches likes an eye. 

And thro’ the nursery window-pane 

The witches have a fire again, 

Just like the ones we make,— 

And now I know they’re having tea,

I wish they’d give a cup to me, 

With witches’ currant cake.