The correct option is this: THE SPEAKER HAS NOT YET CREATED A GREAT BODY OF WORK.
From the excerpt given above, the speaker is saying that the time is running by hastily on a daily basis and the speaker is getting old but he believe that what he has achieved so far does not correspond to his age. The 'late spring' used in the excerpt refers to the late youthful stage. The clause 'no bud or blossom showeth' implies that no great work has been done.
Aperture is the length of time that light is let into the camera
The first man made satellite successfully launched into orbit was called the sputnik. It was launched on the fourth of October, 1957 by the Soviet Union.
I would say jazz! It helped to influence the beginning of rock music, namely, as well as creating several subgenres.