The hurricane a theosophical and western eclogue. To which is subjoined, a solitary effusion in a summer's evening. By William Gilbert |
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Meanwhile the Tempest turned has rouzed his rage,
And blows on Europe unrelenting fury:
The rain, in spreading sheets, comes whelming down
And forms a flood. Nor man, nor beast, nor house
Unfounded on a rock, sustained the assault
Of winds and rain: The lightnings flamed, and roared
The thunder in tremendous vollies deep:
Now all the soul of Hurricane was poured,
Infuriate raging with the waste of sea.
Through earth or ocean God's own hand upreared
Quickly destroyed all the destructible:
And blows on Europe unrelenting fury:
The rain, in spreading sheets, comes whelming down
And forms a flood. Nor man, nor beast, nor house
Unfounded on a rock, sustained the assault
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The thunder in tremendous vollies deep:
Now all the soul of Hurricane was poured,
Infuriate raging with the waste of sea.
Through earth or ocean God's own hand upreared
Quickly destroyed all the destructible:
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