Authors:

Along the river's summer walk, The withered tufts of asters nod; And trembles on its arid stalk the hoar plum of the golden-rod.

John Greenleaf Whittier (1873). “The Complete Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier”, p.208
Along the river's summer walk, The withered tufts of asters nod; And trembles on its arid stalk the hoar plum of the golden-rod.