The Vault at Pfaff's

An Archive of Art and Literature by the Bohemians of Antebellum New York

October to May [Atlantic Monthly for September]

"October to May [Atlantic Monthly for September]." New-York Saturday Press. (1859-8-27).
Electronic Source Available
Type
newspaper
Genre
poetry
Abstract

The speaker describes the transition from youth to old age by comparing youth to a rosebud and old age to a lilac bloom.