The farthest Thunder that I heard Was nearer than the Sky And rumbles still, though torrid Noons Have lain their missiles by - The Lightning that preceded it Struck no one but myself - But I would not exchange the Bolt For all the rest of Life - Indebtedness to Oxygen The Happy may repay, But not the obligation To Electricity - It founds the Homes and decks the Days And every clamor bright Is but the gleam concomitant Of that waylaying Light - The Thought is quiet as a Flake - A Crash without a Sound, How Life's reverberation Its Explanation found | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AMERICAN NAMES by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET FREEDOM AND LOVE by THOMAS CAMPBELL THE SEEDLING by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR SESTINA OF THE TRAMP ROYAL by RUDYARD KIPLING AN EPIGRAM ON WOMAN by PHILIP AYRES |