514 The Natural History of Selborne 



For days t for weeks, prevails the placid calm. 

 At length some drops prelude a change : the sun 

 With ray refracted bursts the parting gloom ; 

 When all the chequer W sky is one bright glare. 



Mutters the wind at eve : the horizon round 

 With angry aspect scowls : down rush the showers, 

 And float the delug 3 d paths, and miry fields. 



