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Silence again. The glorious symphony / Hath need of pause and interval of peace. / Some subtle signal bids all sweet sounds cease, / Save hum of insects' aimless industry. / Pathetic summer seeks by blazonry / Of color to conceal her swift decrease. / Weak subterfuge! Each mocking day doth fleece / A blossom, and lay bare her poverty. / Poor middle-aged summer! Vain this show! / Whole fields of golden-rod cannot offset / One meadow with a single violet; / And well the singing thrush and lily know, / Spite of all artifice which her regret / Can deck in splendid guise, their time to go!