Or to the distant eye displays,

Weakly green its budding sprays.

The swallow, for a moment seen,

Skims in haste the village green;

From the gray moor, on feeble wing,

The screaming plovers idly spring;

The butterfly, gay-painted, soon

Explores awhile the tepid noon,

And fondly trusts its tender dyes

To fickle suns and flattering skies.