| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Line 1 | That time of year thou mayst in me behold |
| Line 2 | When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang |
| Line 3 | Upon those boughs which shake against the cold, |
| Line 4 | Bare ruin'd choirs, where late the sweet birds sang. |
| Line 5 | In me thou seest the twilight of such day |
| Line 6 | As after sunset fadeth in the west, |
| Line 7 | Which by and by black night doth take away, |
| Line 8 | Death's second self, that seals up all in rest. |
| Line 9 | In me thou see'st the glowing of such fire |
| Line 10 | That on the ashes of his youth doth lie, |
| Line 11 | As the death-bed whereon it must expire |
| Line 12 | Consumed with that which it was nourish'd by. |
| Line 13 | This thou perceivest, which makes thy love more strong, |
| Line 14 | To love that well which thou must leave ere long. |
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