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(Miss Jennie Blanchard, aged 21 )
Across the sodden field we gaze, / To woodlands, painted gold and brown; / To hills that hide in purple haze, / And proudly wear the autumn's crown. / Oh, lavish autumn! fair, we know, / And yet we cannot deem her so.