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BY THE CONEMAUGH, by FLORENCE EARLE COATES First Line: Foreboding sudden of untoward change Last Line: "but I cannot hide them away from him!" Subject(s): Conemaugh (River), Pennsylvania; United States - History | ||||||||
FOREBODING sudden of untoward change, A tight'ning clasp on everything held dear, A moan of waters wild and strange, A whelming horror near; And, 'midst the thund'rous din a voice of doom, -- "Make way for me, O Life, for Death make room! "I come like the whirlwind rude, 'Gainst all thou hast cherished warring; I come like the flaming flood From a crater's mouth outpouring; I come like the avalanche gliding free -- And the Power that sent thee forth, sends me! "Where thou hast builded with strength secure, My hand shall spread disaster; Wheret hou hast barr'd me, with forethought sure, Shall ruin flow the faster; I come to gather where thou hast sowed, -- But I claim of thee nothing thou hast not owed! "On my mission of mercy forth I go Where the Lord of Being sends me; His will is the only will I know, And my strength is the strength He lends me; Thy loved ones I hide 'neath my waters dim, But I cannot hide them away from Him!" | Other Poems of Interest...JOHN BROWN'S BODY by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET A VISIT TO GETTYSBURG by LUCILLE CLIFTON AFTER SPOTSYLVANIA COURT HOUSE by DAVID FERRY ACROSS THE LONG DARK BORDER by EDWARD HIRSCH WALT WHITMAN IN THE CIVIL WAR HOSPITALS by DAVID IGNATOW THE DAY OF THE DEAD SOLDIERS; MARY 30, 1869 by EMMA LAZARUS MANHATTAN, 1609 by EDWIN MARKHAM THE DECISION (APRIL 14, 1861) by EDGAR LEE MASTERS THE SPARROW HARK IN THE RAIN (ALEXANDER STEPHENS HEARS NEWS) by EDGAR LEE MASTERS |
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