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.