He stared out the chopper's window, down at the rooftops of his empire.
"Syndrome"
Thomas Hoover
Little gusts of wind, scouts heralding the chill battalions piling up on the horizon, drove through the city clefts, sporting stray bits of paper to the rooftops, in turbulent dusty, swooping flight, uncovering heads and rolling hats like saucers down the blinded streets.
"The Salamander"
Owen Johnson
The tanner's brook drifts by with the pale mother-of-pearl of the sky, and reflects sharply the rooftops amid the slimy plants; the mountain torrent, which hollows the rocks, gleams, twines and flows away.
"Romance of the Rabbit"
Francis Jammes