Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE THUNDER-STORM, by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Deep, fiery clouds o'ercast the sky Last Line: And be with him at last? Alternate Author Name(s): Browne, Felicia Dorothea Subject(s): Storms; Thunder | ||||||||
DEEP, fiery clouds o'ercast the sky, Dead stillness reigns in air, There is not e'en a breeze, on high The gossamer to bear. The woods are hushed, the waves at rest, The lake is dark and still, Reflecting on its shadowy breast Each form of rock and hill. The lime-leaf waves not in the grove, The rose-tree in the bower; The birds have ceased their songs of love, Awed by the threatening hour. 'Tis noon; yet Nature's calm profound Seems as at midnight deep; But hark! what peal of awful sound Breaks on creation's sleep? The thunder bursts! -- its rolling might Seems the firm hills to shake; And in terrific splendour bright, The gathered lightnings break. Yet fear not, shrink not thou, my child! Though by the bolt's descent Were the tall cliffs in ruins piled, And the wide forests rent. Doth not thy God behold thee still, With all-surveying eye? Doth not His power all nature fill, Around, beneath, on high? Know, hadst thou eagle-pinions, free To track the realms of air, Thou couldst not reach a spot where He Would not be with thee there! In the wide city's peopled towers, On the vast ocean's plains, 'Midst the deep woodland's loneliest bowers, Alike the Almighty reigns! Then fear not, though the angry sky A thousand darts should cast; -- Why should we tremble, e'en to die, And be with Him at last? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BOOK OF THE DEAD MAN (#13): 1. ABOUT THE DEAD MAN AND THUNDER by MARVIN BELL THE BOOK OF THE DEAD MAN (#13): 2. MORE ABOUT THE DEAD MAN AND THUNDER by MARVIN BELL THE SURF by JURGIS BALTRUSHAITIS THE JOB by CHARLES BADGER CLARK JR. THE BAND OF GIDEON by JOSEPH SEAMON COTTER JR. THE SOLDIER by JOHN DRINKWATER A DIRGE (1) by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS |
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