Still murmuring of his gains. Windless and bright

The morn had been, to help their dear delight;

But heavy clouds, ere noon, grew round the sun,

And, half-way to the zenith, wild and dun

The sky grew, and the thunder growled afar;

But, ere the steely[76] clouds began their war,

A change there came, and, as by some great hand,

The clouds that hung in threatening o’er the land

Were drawn away; then a light wind arose

That shook the light stems of that flowery close,