The sun is high — the birds oppress'd with heat
Fly to the shade, until refreshing airs
Lure them again to leave their cool retreat. —
The falls of water but of wearying cares


The sun is high — the birds oppress'd with heat, translated by John Adamson in Lusitania Illustrata, Vol. I, 1842

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The sun is high — the birds oppress'd with heat Fly to the shade, until refreshing airs Lure them again to leave their cool retreat. — The falls...

The sun is high — the birds oppress'd with heat Fly to the shade, until refreshing airs Lure them again to leave their cool retreat. — The falls...

The sun is high — the birds oppress'd with heat Fly to the shade, until refreshing airs Lure them again to leave their cool retreat. — The falls...

The sun is high — the birds oppress'd with heat Fly to the shade, until refreshing airs Lure them again to leave their cool retreat. — The falls...