What does the smoke trail in this poem mean?

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"Autumn Fires"
By Robert Louis Stevenson

In the other gardens,
And all up the vale,
From the autumn bonfires,
See the smoke trail!

Pleasant summer over
And all the summer flowers,
The red fire blazes,
The grey smoke towers.

Sing a song of seasons!
Something bright in all!
Flowers in the summer,
Fires in the fall!

I understand what the fire might be but what about the smoke trail? What is the smoke trail? And what does it signify or symbolize?
 
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