XXX + 

This northern summer of our own, + 

On winters of the south a skit, + 

Glimmers and dies. This is well known, + 

Though we will not acknowledge it. + 

Already Autumn chilled the sky, + 

The tiny sun shone less on high + 

And shorter had the days become. + 

The forests in mysterious gloom + 

Were stripped with melancholy sound, + 

Upon the earth a mist did lie + 

And many a caravan on high + 

Of clamorous geese flew southward bound. + 

A weary season was at hand⁠— + 

November at the gate did stand. + 