Sentence:  Lancaster bore him — such a little town, / Such a great man. It doesn't see him often / Of <WSD>late</WSD> years, though he keeps the old homestead / And sends the children down there with their mother...<!--quote to follow, after verification of pub. date:Rbt Frost poem "A Hundred Collars"--> 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Recent — relative to the noun it modifies.