The Pleasures of the Table / An Account of Gastronomy from Ancient Days to Present Times. With a History of Its Literature, Schools, and Most Distinguished Artists; Together With Some Special Recipes, and Views Concerning the Aesthetics of Dinners and Dinner-giving

by George H. Ellwanger

I.

Nothing stirs the stillness save a leaf that slowly rustles down,

Dim, through sunny mists the trees uplift their branches bare and brown;

Winds are hushed, and skies are soft and grey, and grassy slopes are sere,—

Calm and sweet and still, ah! sure is this the twilight of the year.