Forty Reasons for Not Accepting an Invitation of a Friend to Make an Excursion with Him 1

1  THE HOLLOW winds begin to blow;
2  The clouds look black, the glass is low,
3  The soot falls down, the spaniels sleep,
4  And spiders from their cobwebs peep.
5  Last night the sun went pale to bed,
6  The moon in halos hid her head;
7  The...