The poplar trembles before the blast, flutters, struggles wildly, dishevels its foliage, gropes around with its feeble branches, and hisses as in impotent passion.
"The Earth as Modified by Human Action"
George P. Marsh
The sun burns sere and the rain dishevels One gaunt bleak blossom of scentless breath.
"The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886"
Ministry of Education