Robert Browning (7 May 1812 – 12 December 1889) was an English poet and playwright whose dramatic monologues put him high among the Victorian poets. He was noted for irony, characterization, dark humour, social commentary, historical settings and challenging vocabulary and syntax.
Autumn wins you best by this its mute appeal to sympathy for its decay.
If you have to convince someone to stay with you, then they have already left.