Above the storm, and leaves the hollow vales;

The cow looks up, and from afar can find

The change of heaven, and sniffs it in the wind;

The swallow skims the river’s watery face,

The frogs renew the croaks of their loquacious race;

The careful ant her secret cell forsakes,

And draws her eggs along the narrow tracks;

Huge flocks of rising rooks forsake their food,

And, crying, seek the shelter of the wood.