"Nature's first green is gold, her hardest hue to hold" what does gold possibly mean in this quote?

"Her early leaf's a flower; But only so an hour"

Why do leaf and flower only last an hour?
"Then leaf subsides to leaf so Eden sank to grief"
What is Eden and how did it sink to grief?

Which options most accurately explain how the author of the war of the worlds uses the crash landing of the spaceship to introduce ogilvy's character? (select all that apply.)the war of the worldsogilvy goes to the site of the crash and is immediately certain that it has been caused by aliens. because of this, he immediately gets the townspeople together to fight. his actions characterize him as brave.ogilvy tries to those inside the cylinder. his actions characterize him as compassionate.ogilvy goes to the site of the crash to explore the area the morning after seeing the shooting star. once there, he examines the cylinder. his actions characterize him as curious.ogilvy runs to the nearest town to get away from the cylinder. his actions characterize him as cowardly.