. Pepacton [microform]. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. NATURE AND THE POETS. 143 feel for and lay hoM of every inequality of surface ; they will fit themselves to the top of a comparatively smooth rock, so as to adhere amazingly, and flow into the seams and crevices like metal into a mould. Lowell is singularly true to the natural history of his own country. In his *' Indian- Summer Reverie" we catch a glimpse of the hen-hawk, silently sailing overhead ** With watchful, measuring eye," the robin feeding on cedar berries, and " The squirrel, on the shingly shag-bark's boug
. Pepacton [microform]. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. NATURE AND THE POETS. 143 feel for and lay hoM of every inequality of surface ; they will fit themselves to the top of a comparatively smooth rock, so as to adhere amazingly, and flow into the seams and crevices like metal into a mould. Lowell is singularly true to the natural history of his own country. In his *' Indian- Summer Reverie" we catch a glimpse of the hen-hawk, silently sailing overhead ** With watchful, measuring eye," the robin feeding on cedar berries, and " The squirrel, on the shingly shag-bark's ; I do not remember to have met the ** shag- bark " in poetry before, or that grey lichen- covered stone wall which occurs further along in the same poem, and which is so characteristic of the older farms of Isew York and New England. I hardly know what the poet means by "The wide-ranked mowers wading to the knee," ^as the mowers do not wade in the grass they are cutting, though they might appear to do so when viewed athwart the standing grass; perhaps this is the explanation of the line. But this is just what the bobolink does, !L':^ *. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Burroughs, John, 1837-1921. London; Toronto : Musson Book Co.
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