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TEMPEST by WILLIAM WATSON

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First Line: UNDER THE DARK AND PINY STEEP
Last Line: THE CLOSER TO HIS BREAST.

UNDER the dark and piny steep
We watched the storm crash by:
We saw the bright brand leap and leap
Out of the shattered sky.

The elements were minist'ring
To make one mortal blest;
For, peal by peal, you did but cling
The closer to his breast.



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