Said one, 'This city, as you know,
Though young in years, as cities go,
Has quite a history to repeat
If records have been kept complete.
...
Said one, who upward turned his eye,
To scan the trunks from earth to sky:
'These trees, no doubt, well rooted grew
...
Oh June! thou comest once again
With bales of hay and sheaves of grain,
That make the farmer's heart rejoice,
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