(65) SUMMER begins to have the look, Peruser of enchanting Book Reluctantly, but sure, perceives— A gain upon the backward leaves. Autumn begins to be inferred By millinery of the cloud, Or deeper color in the shawl That wraps the everlasting hill. The eye begins its avarice, A meditation chastens speech, Some Dyer of a distant tree Resumes his gaudy industry. Conclusion is the course of all, Almost to be perennial, And then elude stability Recalls to immortality.
-Emily Dickinson