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And mellow Autumn, charged with bounteous fruit, / Where is she imaged? in what favoured clime / Her lavish pomp, and ripe magnificence?

The couple listed the house for $1,649,900, substantially more than the $1.35 million they paid in January 2005, but it was warranted, they thought, given their many improvements, including extensive landscaping and a housewide audio system.

He walked slowly past the gate and peered through a narrow gap in the cedar hedge. The girl was moving along a sanded walk, toward a gray, unpainted house, with a steep roof, broken by dormer windows.