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MIDNIGHT.
“Yea, the darkness is no darkness with Thee; but the night is as clear as
the day. The darkness and light are to Thee both alike.”—
Psalm cxxxix, 11.
Gather, ye sullen thunder-clouds;
Your wings, ye lightnings, wave,
Like spirits bursting from their shrouds.
Your wings, ye lightnings, wave,
Like spirits bursting from their shrouds.
And howl, thou wild and dreary storm,
Like echoes of the grave—
Sounds of the brothers of the worm.
Like echoes of the grave—
Sounds of the brothers of the worm.
Ay, wilder still, ye thunders, roll;
Ye lightnings, cleave the ground:
Ye cannot shake the Christian soul.
Ye lightnings, cleave the ground:
Ye cannot shake the Christian soul.
In God's high strength, it sits sublime,
Though Worlds were dust around,
Defying Chance, outliving Time.
Though Worlds were dust around,
Defying Chance, outliving Time.
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