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Läsebok. N:o 76 — 77.
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There’s a dance of leaves in that aspen bower,
There’s a titter of winds in that beechen tree,
There’s a smile on the fruit and a smile on the flower,
And a laugh from the brook that runs to the sea.
And look at the broad-faced sun, how he smiles
On the dewy earth that smiles in his ray,
On the leaping waters and gay young isles, —
Ay, look, and he’ll smife all thy gloom away.
William C. Bryant.
53. A Storm (Dialogue the 13th.)
A. I think we shall have a storm before long; do you
see those heavy clouds coming up against the wind?
B. Yes, a sure sign of thunder; it will be very
refreshing to have a little rain after so much dry weather.
A. If it doesn’t hail; — a heavy hail-storm would do
an immense deal of damage, just now.
B. It would indeed, but I trust we shall have nothing
heavier than rain.
A. I felt a drop there; how still every thing is, not a
leaf moving on the trees — the wind seems to be collecting
all its energies.
B. And the cattle are all taking refuge under the trees;
poor things, it’s not much protection for them in a
thunderstorm — had we not better go in?
A. Yes, we can stand at the window; I like to watch
a storm, it is a splendid sight.
B. Are you not afraid of the lightning?
A. Afraid! I should think not, there is no more danger
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in one part of the room, than the other.
B. But one seems so exposed at the window, you had
better close it; see how the rain is dashing in.
A. Never mind, it can’t hurt anything; I will place
these plants outside, that they may have some rain. What
a fearful clap!
B. Tremendous, and what heavy rain; we shall have a
flood, if this keeps on long.
A. It is too heavy to last, and, besides, the river is very
low, we have had no rain for some time; it will do a great
deal of good.
B. It seems to become darker every moment.
A. Yes, it will last longer than we thought at first;
the rain is becoming more steady, and the whole sky is
covered with dark grey clouds.
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