Answer:
Hibernation
Explanation:
Some animals need to lower their heart rate and metabolism and do bunch of other stuff to conserve energy during the winters due to bad weather or lack of food. They hibernate (like a loooooooong sleep). I have attached an image of example of animals that do this,
It's called an orchestra pit, that's where the musicians and their orchestra's would go to hide the source of music, or at least that's what i think it you're referring to.<span />
<span>The sounds are fading
"breathes upon a bank of violets" suggests that the "dying fall" is soft and almost unheard. Then "voices dying" and "farther room" suggest these noises have or are fading since they can barely be heard</span>
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