AQS, signed “John Burroughs,” on an off-white 4.5 x 3.5 card, November 5, 1896. Burroughs pens the first stanza of ‘Waiting,’ one of his best-known poems: “Serene I fold my hands and wait, nor care for wind or tide or sea; I rave no more ’gainst time or fate, for lo, my own shall come to me.” In fine condition. RR Auction COA.