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Aftermath refers to the condition we humans leave the world in by living here.

The first stanza describes the passing of seasons and repeats that the summer fields are mown.

Longfellow then says that "we gather in the aftermath"

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Keep in mind the two definitions of Aftermath

State of consequence (after disaster)

Second growth in the same year

"We gather" in the fields we have mown leaving them full of only meager second growth and pathetic plants

We abuse our planet and the destruction of land and nature is a scene resembling the aftermath of a disaster

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