•   the autumn time is with us. Its approach
    Was heralded, not many days ago,
    By hazy skies that veiled the brazen sun,
    And sea-like murmurs from the rustling corn,
    And low-voiced brooks that wandered drowsily
    By pendent clusters of empurpling grapes
    Swinging upon the vine. And now, ’t is here!
    And what a change hath passed upon the face...