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indeed is she in her ermine mantle, her young head uplifted and her 
every step guarded by thousands of hardy liegemen, among whom the 
red men from the forest and prairie are to be reckoned at no insignificant 
figure. But I like best to look on this fair lady as she appears in 
autumnal garbin our wonderful Northland. The clematis and columbine 
make her fairy bower, gem-spangled moss her carpet. Tall pines and 
giant oaks are her sentinels, zephyrs fan her by day and at night 
beautiful Aurora flashes radiance. Hyacinths and golden-rod smile in 
her path. Ivy, blue bells and lilies of France unite to form her girdle. 
Her eyes are full of welcome, her hands are full of plenty, and bands of 
feathered songsters echo her praises. 
