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The martletEven in the force and road of casualty.
— Swallows
The martletEven in the force and road of casualty.
This guest of summer,The air is delicate.
Do you know why swallows build in the eaves of houses? It is to listen to the stories.
Down comes rain drop, bubble follows; Met to vote that autumn's gone.
But, as old Swedish legends say,Oh, cool, oh, cool and comfort Him!
The swallow is come! And her bosom snowy white!
One swallowe proveth not that summer is neare.
It's surely summer, for there's a swallow:The bird rare quicken and wheel and thicken.
There goes the swallow,—Look back swallow, turn back swallow, stop swallow.
The swallow follows not summer more willing than we your lordship.
Now to the Goths as swift as swallow flies.
The swallow sweepsThe slimy pool, to build his hanging house.
When autumn scatters his departing gleams,Ere to their wintry slumbers they retire.
