...yellow leaves, or few, or none, do hang Upon those boughs which shake against the cold, Bare ruin'd choirs, where late the sweet birds sang. In me thou...away, Death's second self, that seals up all in rest. Many of the lyrics of Jonson and Fletcher are exquisite. Not a few of our other poets owe their fame...

...sunset fadeth in the West, Which by and by blac\ night doth ta\e away, Death's second self that scals up all in rest. In me thou seest the glowing of such fire, That on the ashes of his youth doth Ite, 10 As the death-bed, whereon it must expire, Consum'd with that which it was nourish'd by. This...

...Upon those boughs which shake against the cold, Bare ruined choirs, where late the sweet birds sang. 5 In me thou seest the twilight of such day As after sunset fadeth in the west, Which by and by blacknight doth take away, Death's second self that seals up all in rest. In me thou seest the glowing...

...That time of year thou mayest in me behold When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang Upon those boughs which shake against the cold, Bare, ruined...take away, Death's second self, that seals up all the rest. In me thou see'st the glowing of such fire That on the ashes of his youth doth lie. As the...

...yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang Upon those boughs which shake against the cold, Bare ruin'd choirs where late the sweet birds sang. In me thou...all in rest. In me thou see'st the glowing of such f1re That on the ashes of his youth doth lie, As the death-bed whereon it must expire, Consum'd with...

...yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang Upon those boughs which shake against the cold. Bare ruin'd choirs, where late the sweet birds sang. In me thou...take away, Death's second self, that seals up all in restIn Hopper's painting, as in the sonnet, it is winter, for the deciduous trees are bare. Reflecting...

...yellow leaves, or none, or few do hang Upon those boughs which shake against the cold, Bare ruin'd choirs, where late the sweet birds sang. In me thou see'st the twilight of such day, As after sunset fadcth in the west, Which by and by black night doth take away, Death's second self that seals up all...

...somewhat in the manner of Shakespeare's sonnet 73 [lines 5-8 of this sonnet run: 'In me thou sees! the twilight of such day /As after sunset fadeth in the west, /Which by and by black night doth take away/Death's second self, that seals up all in rest'.41]. More important, however, is the extent to...

...behold When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang Upon those boughs which shake against the cold, 4 Bare ruined choirs where late the sweet birds sang....west, Which by and by black night doth take away, s Death's second self that seals up all in rest. In me thou seest the glowing of such fire 16 That...

...the day, and then, in the third quatrain, a single moment. What time is it in the second quatrain? "The twilight of such day / As after sunset fadeth...west, / Which by and by black night doth take away." The poem takes two and a half lines to tell us what time it is. But even so, we really aren't sure....