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OW quiet, through the hazy autumn air,

The elm-boughs wave with many a gold-flecked leaf!

How calmly float the dreamy mantled clouds

Through these still days of autumn, fair and brief!

Our Andover stands thoughtful, fair, and calm,

Waiting to lay her summer glories by

E'er the bright flush shall kindle all her pines,

And her woods blaze with autumn's heraldry.

By the old mossy wall the golden-rod

Waves as aforetime, and the purple sprays

Of starry asters quiver to the breeze,

Rustling all stilly through the forest ways.