On the Tenth of October by Phillip Henry Savage

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You'll not believe the aspen leaf (Whose season you would say was brief) Hangs long and greener on the tree Than sycamore, than hickory The elm-leaf crumbles brown; the oak Is even sooner gray and broke The maple reddens, and the ash Leaps up and falls at Autumn's lash; The aspen leaf will longest stay Be sure; I saw them green to-day