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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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She broods no tempest
Who conceals no guilt. No mean lust of gain
Propelled Elmira; nor guilt-infected hopes
Taught her the fear of ill, or yet, to fly
To man for safety, which Deity would not
Grant, nor her own breast could claim.