...are its general harbingers, and when it appears in the summer twilight, the beetle begins to wind his horn. " As oft he rises 'mid the twilight path, Against the pilgrim borne in heedless hum." The nimble evolutions of the welcome hirundines are now very pleasing to the naturalist, as they glance...

...his drowsy hums Hath rung night's yawning peal. Macbeth. Where the beetle winds His small but sullen horn, As oft he rises mid the twilight path Against the pilgrim borne in heedless hum. Collins. The i«m-cock humm'd wi' lazy drone, The kye stood rowtin i' the loan. Burns. Where each old...

...sliort, shrill shriek flits by on leathern wing; Or where the beetle winds His small but sullen horn, A! a spinnet turned, The tallow-caudle an astral burned, Anil for him who sat by ;— Now teach me, maid composed, To breathe some softened strain, Whose numbers, stealing through...

...With short, shrill shriek Hits by on leathern wing; Or where the beetle winds His small but sullen rt nobler scope ; While light which childlike genius leaves Confirms the infant's hope ; — Now teach me, maid composed, To breathe some softened strain, Whose numbers, stealing through...