Pen and pencil pictures from the poets . 72 PEN AND PENCIL PICTURES FROM THE POETS. Cattle In Summer. T ROUND th adjoining brook, that purls alongThe vocal grove now fretting oer a rock,i| Now scarcely moving through a reedy pool, Now starting to a sudden stream, and nowGently diffused into a limpid plainA various group the herds and flocks confusion ! on the grassy bankSome ruminating lie ; while others standHalf in the flood, and often bending sipThe circling surface. In the middle droopsThe strong laborious ox, of honest incomposed he shakes; and from his
Pen and pencil pictures from the poets . 72 PEN AND PENCIL PICTURES FROM THE POETS. Cattle In Summer. T ROUND th adjoining brook, that purls alongThe vocal grove now fretting oer a rock,i| Now scarcely moving through a reedy pool, Now starting to a sudden stream, and nowGently diffused into a limpid plainA various group the herds and flocks confusion ! on the grassy bankSome ruminating lie ; while others standHalf in the flood, and often bending sipThe circling surface. In the middle droopsThe strong laborious ox, of honest incomposed he shakes; and from his sidesThe troublous insects lashes witli his tail,Returning still. Amid his subjects the monarch swain; his careless armThrown round his head, on downy moss sustained •,Here laid his scrip, with wholesome viands filled;There, listening every noise, his watchful fly his slumbers, if perchance a flightOf angry gadflies fasten on the herd;That startling scatters from the shallow brook,In search of lavish stream. Tossing the scorn the keepers voice, and scour the plain,Ihrough
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