Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE EARTHQUAKE, by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER Poet's Biography First Line: On from the spot, that felt the first dismay Last Line: Who touches into smoke th' eternal hills. Subject(s): Disasters; Earthquakes | ||||||||
On from the spot, that felt the first dismay, His mighty path the running Earthquake clove; While Ruin, aye attendant on his way, Sped swiftly o'er the quaking realms above; Slowly the seasons do transform the grove, Most other change is wrought with soft delay, Save this, which turns the course of streams astray, Once and for evermore! when to remove The landmarks of this earth our Maker wills, The work is done with noises harsh and loud, And lightning speed; such ministry fulfils The 'hest of Him by whom the heavens are bow'd; Whose throne is compass'd with a mystic cloud, Who touches into smoke th' eternal hills. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AT TSUKIJI MARKET TOKYO: 1 by JEROME ROTHENBERG AT TSUKIJI MARKET TOKYO: 2. THE TALE by JEROME ROTHENBERG AT TSUKIJI MARKET TOKYO: 3. FOR MAKOTO ODA by JEROME ROTHENBERG AT TSUKIJI MARKET TOKYO: [HOJOKI - CHOMEI AT TOYAMA] by JEROME ROTHENBERG EARTH TREMORS FELT IN MISSOURI by MONA VAN DUYN JERUSALEM by JOHN GARDINER CALKINS BRAINARD THE EARTHQUAKE by GEORGE HERBERT CLARKE HER FIRST-BORN by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER |
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