With keener appetite (if that might be)
And closer industry. Of what ensued
Within the heart[525] no outward sign appeared
Till a betraying sickliness was seen
To tinge his cheek; and through his frame it crept
With slow mutation unconcealable;
Such universal change as autumn makes
In the fair body of a leafy grove
Discoloured, then divested.
"'Tis affirmed