...his predatory watch. A chicken or two lie in the sun, with a wing and a leg stretched out,—lazily picking at the gravel, or relieving their ennui from...great companies of startled swallows are dashing in all directions around the gray roofs of the barn. like swift-working, golden ropes that lift it toward...

...through the interstices of my leafy screen the various images of country life, I hear distant inutterings from beyond the hills. The sun has thrown its shadow...hear in the deep intervals the men shouting to their tcama in the meadows ; and great companies of startled swallows are dashing in all directions around...

...away, and the air becomes stifling, even under the shadow of my withered boughs in the chamber-window. The white-capped clouds roll up nearer and nearer...great companies of startled swallows are dashing in all directions around the gray roofs of the barn. The clouds have now wellnigh reached the sun, which...

...and the air becomes stifling, even under the shadow of my withered boughs in the chamber window. 7. The white-capped clouds roll up nearer and nearer...great companies of startled swallows are dashing in all directions around the gray roofs of the barn. 8. The clouds have now well-nigh reached the sun,...

...and the air becomes stifling, even under the shadow of my withered boughs in the chamber window. 7. The white-capped clo-uds roll up nearer and nearer...teams in the meadows ; and great companies of startled swall6w§ are dashing in all directions around the gray roofs of the barn. 8. The clouds have now well-nigh...

...and the air becomes stifling, even under the shadow of my withered boughs in the chamber window. 7. The white-capped clouds roll up nearer and nearer...teams in the meadows ; and great companies of startled swallow§ are dashing in all directions around the gray roofs of the bam. 8. The clouds have now well-nigh...

...and the air becomes stifling, even under the shadow of my withered boughs in the chamber window. 7. The white-capped clouds roll up nearer and nearer...creamy masses below grow dark in their seams. The muttcrings, that .came faintly before, now spread into wide volumes of rolling sound, that echo again...

...and the air becomes stifling, even under the shadow of my withered boughs in the dhamber window. 7. The white-capped clouds roll up nearer and nearer...eastward heights. I hear in the deep intervals the men sliouting to their teams in the m8adow§ ; and great companies of startled swallow§ are dashing in...

...away, and the air becomes stifling, even under the shadow of my withered boughs in the chamber-window. The white-capped clouds roll up nearer and nearer...came faintly before, now spread into wide volumes of rolhng sound, that echo again and again from the eastward heights. I hear in the deep intervals the...

...away, and the air becomes stifling, even under the shadow of my withered boughs in the chamber-window. The white-capped clouds roll up nearer and nearer...great companies of startled swallows are dashing in all directions around the gray roofs of the barn. The clouds have now well-nigh reached the sun, which...