Are humans being really civilized?

Asap that time of year thou mayst in me behold when yellow leaves, or none, or few do hang upon those boughs which shake against the cold, bare ruined choirs, where late the sweet birds sang. in this excerpt, what is the best meaning for the word "late"? not on time until recently dead well into the evening

4friends evenly divided up a nn-slice pizza. one of the friends, harris, ate 11 fewer slice than he received.

If the author's last name is mentioned in the sentence, it does not need to be included in the in-text citation.