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Rh Various and unharmonious notes they raise, But all their notes are notes of joy and praise— And when the Cranes their course unbroken steer, Beating with clanging wings the echoing air: These hail—prognostics sure of weather fair.

When the bright gems that night's black vault adorn But faintly shine—of half their radiance shorn— And not by cloud obscur'd, or dimm'd to sight By the fine silvery veil of Cynthia's light; But of themselves appear to faint away, They warning give of a tempestuous day.

No weather calm expect, when floating high rides o'er : when clamorous cry The : when through the night the caws; And chatter loud at even-tide the. When ceaseless chirp at dawn of day, And in their holes the and  stay.

When charged with stormy matter lower the skies, The busy at home her labour plies; Nor seeks the distant field and honied flower, Returning laden'd with her golden store: Their high aerial flight the suspend, And to the earth in broken ranks descend. When the dull fire emits no cheerful rays— With lustre dimm'd the languid torches blaze,