, a study of two dun cows under a walnut tree, was followed by A Midday Sanctuary , a study of a walnut tree, with two dun cows under it. In due succession there came Where the Gadflies Cease from Troubling , The Haven of the Herd , and A-Dream in Dairyland , studies of walnut trees and dun cows. His two attempts to break away from his own tradition were signal failures: Turtle Doves Alarmed by Sparrow-Hawk and Wolves on the Roman Campagna came back to his studio in the guise of abominable heresies, and Eshley climbed back into grace and the public gaze with A Shaded Nook Where Drowsy Milkers Dream .