Swallows

"The martlet Builds in the weather on the outward wall, Even in the force and road of casualty."

"This guest of summer, The temple-haunting martlet, does approve, By his lov'd mansionry, that the heaven's breath Smells wooingly here; no jutty, frieze, Buttress, nor coign of vantage, but this bird Hath made its pendent bed, and procreant cradle: Where they most breed and haunt, I have observ'd, The air is delicate."

"Do you know why swallows build in the eaves of houses? It is to listen to the stories."

"One swallow does not make spring."

"Una golondrina sola no hace verano."

"Down comes rain drop, bubble follows; On the house-top one by one Flock the synagogue of swallows, Met to vote that autumn's gone."

"But, as old Swedish legends say, Of all the birds upon that day, The swallow felt the deepest grief, And longed to give her Lord relief, And chirped when any near would come, "Hugswala swala swal honom!" Meaning, as they who tell it deem, Oh, cool, oh, cool and comfort Him!"

"The swallow is come! The swallow is come! O, fair are the seasons, and light Are the days that she brings, With her dusky wings, And her bosom snowy white!"

"One swallowe proveth not that summer is neare."

"It's surely summer, for there's a swallow: Come one swallow, his mate will follow, The bird rare quicken and wheel and thicken."

"There goes the swallow,— Could we but follow! Hasty swallow, stay, Point us out the way; 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 sweeps The slimy pool, to build his hanging house."

"When autumn scatters his departing gleams, Warn'd of approaching winter, gather'd, play The swallow-people; and toss'd wide around, O'er the calm sky, in convolution swift, The feather'd eddy floats; rejoicing once, Ere to their wintry slumbers they retire."