Bronzing each object where it lies.

Outlines are melted in the gauze

That Nature vails; the fitful breeze

From the thick pine low murmuring draws,

Then dies in flutterings midst the trees.

The bee is slumbering in the thistle,

And, now and then, a broken whistle,

A tread—a hum—a tap—is heard

Through the dry leaves, in grass and bush,

As insect, animal, and bird