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the indian summer.
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    Thus to glorify decay,
    Going in life's best array,
Unto groves where death is a forgotten tale,
    Falls a sorrow on the spirit?
    Heavenly hopes are springing near it.
    Earth, a happy child, rejoices,
    Keeping time with angel voices.
    When such autumn days are done,
There 's a crown behind thy rays, thou setting sun!