Hosmer.
24. When to the startled eye the sudden glance
Appears far south, eruptive, through the cloud,
And following slower, in explosion vast,
The thunder raises his tremendous voice.
Thomson—Seasons.
25. Gentleman.—"'Tis heaven to lounge upon a couch," said Gray,
"And read new novels through a rainy day."
Add but the Spanish weed, the bard was right.