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THUNDERSTORM by ARTHUR GUITERMAN

First Line: THE SMITHS OF THE HEAVENS ARE MENDING THE WEATHER
Last Line: PROCLAIMS TO THE WORLD THAT THE WEATHER IS MENDED.
Subject(s): NEW YORK CITY - DUTCH PERIOD; STORMS;

@3The smiths of the heavens are mending the weather;
Their hammers are beating the fragments together.
The cumulus mountains with nebulous gorges
Are dazzled with flame of the wind-bellowsed forges;
The cloud-pillared anvils with silvery edges
Resound to the thunderous fall of the sledges;
Till broadening patches of azure are showing
Storm-welded, rain-tempered, and, splendidly glowing,
The rainbow, from valley to valley extended,
Proclaims to the world that the weather is mended.@1



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