Its customary look,—only, it seemed,[80]

The honeysuckle, crowding round the porch,

Hung down in heavier tufts; and that bright weed,

The yellow stone-crop,[BD] suffered to take root

Along the window's edge, profusely grew

Blinding the lower panes. I turned aside,

And strolled into her garden. It appeared

To lag behind the season, and had lost

Its pride of neatness. Daisy-flowers and thrift[BE]

Had broken their trim border-lines, and straggled