The Swallows: Or, Observations & Reflections Upon Their Late Assemblage at Rotherham, and Their Subsequent Departure

Swallows

ISBN 10: 0461555395 / ISBN 13: 9780461555394

Published by HardPress Ltd, 2021

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Swallows: Or, Observations & Reflections Upon Their Late Assemblage at Rotherham, and Their Subsequent Departure
• Publisher: HardPress Ltd
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0461555395
• ISBN 13: 9780461555394
• Binding: Paperback / softback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 526 grams

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Synopsis

The Swallows: Or, Observations & Reflections Upon Their Late Assemblage At Rotherham, And Their Subsequent Departure is a devotional natural history pamphlet that narrates the late-September 1815 gathering of Swallows near Rotherham and their autumn departure. The author uses the birds’ orderly behavior, migrations, and communal life to draw lessons about social harmony, obedience, usefulness, and human duty. The Preface presents nature as a teacher alongside Scripture, illustrating God’s wisdom in creation. In sections such as "Their Assembly, Union, &C." and "Their Usefulness," the text argues that the birds’ synchronized movements, their insect-control, and their avoidance of waste offer a model for order, industry, and civic virtue among people and nations. Biblical allusions and quotations (Cowper, Milton) reinforce providence, mortality, and the hope of heaven, culminating in meditations on death and the soul's ascent. The work blends natural observation with moral exhortation, turning a birds-eye tableau into a sermon about piety, social welfare, and trust in divine care.