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Or if thro' mists he shoots his sullen beams, 

 Frugal of light, in loose and straggliug sti earns t 

 Suspect a drizzling day with southern rain. 



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Or if Aurora, with half open'd eyes, 

 And a pale sickly cheek, salute the skies; 

 How shall the vine, her tender leaves defend 

 Her teeming clusters when the storms descend ? 



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But more than all the setting-sun lurvey, 



When down the steep of heav'n he drives the day : 



For oft we find him finishing his race, 



With various colours erring on his face ; 



If fiery red his glowing globe descends, 



High winds and furious tempests he portends; 



But if his cheeks are swoln with livid blue, 



He bodes wet weather by his wat'ry hue ; 



If dusky spots are varied on his brow, 



And streaked with red, a troubled colour shew, 



That sullen mixture shall at once declare, 



Winds, rains, and storms, and elemental war. 



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But if with purple rays he brings the light. 

 And a pureheav'n resigns to quiet night; 

 No rising winds nor falling storms are nigh. 



MORE PROGNOSTICS, TAKEN FROM TUX 

 CLOUDS. 



3d Rule. Clouds like, large rocks, great 

 showers. 



4th Rule. If small clouds increase, much rain. 



5th Rule. If large clouds decrease, fair wea- 

 ther. 



6th Rule. In summer or harvest, when the 

 wind has been south two or three days, and it 

 grows very hot, and you see clouds rise with 

 white tops, like towers great as if one were <>n the 

 top of another, and joined together with black 

 on the nether side, there will be thunder and rain 

 suddenly. 



