Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A HAILSTORM IN VENICE, by CINCINNATUS HEINE MILLER Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The hail like cannon-shot struck the sea Last Line: The great, white, beautiful, highborn rain! Alternate Author Name(s): Miller, Joaquin Subject(s): Venice, Italy | ||||||||
The hail like cannon-shot struck the sea And churn'd it white as a creamy foam; Then hail like battle-shot struck where we Stood looking a-sea from a sea-girt home -- Came shooting askance as if shot at the head; Then glass flew shiver'd and men fell down And pray'd where they fell, and the gray old town Lay riddled and helpless as if shot dead. Then lightning right full in the eyes! and then Fair women fell down flat on the face, And pray'd their pitiful Mother with tears, And pray'd black death as a hiding-place; And good priests pray'd for the sea-bound men As never good priests had pray'd for years. . . . Then God spake thunder! And then the rain! The great, white, beautiful, highborn rain! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ELEVATED by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS SURFACES AND MASKS; 12 by CLARENCE MAJOR SURFACES AND MASKS; 2 by CLARENCE MAJOR SURFACES AND MASKS; 1 by CLARENCE MAJOR SURFACES AND MASKS; 3 by CLARENCE MAJOR SURFACES AND MASKS; 30 by CLARENCE MAJOR SURFACES AND MASKS; 6 by CLARENCE MAJOR SURFACES AND MASKS; 7 by CLARENCE MAJOR ROSE COLORED GLASSES by KENNETH REXROTH A CALIFORNIA CHRISTMAS by CINCINNATUS HEINE MILLER |
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