Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, IN THE STORM, by WILLIAM ALEXANDER PERCY


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IN THE STORM, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The shining moments are so far between!
Last Line: And this, too, ends. There is a certain end.
Subject(s): Life; Soul; Storms


The shining moments are so far between!
From their clear crests we see the dawn unfurled
In films of opal on the dew-drenched world --
Life, life, daedal, harmonious, serene!
Then darkness. For that aerial wide scene,
Tempests down mountain by-paths madly hurled;
This way and that our tortured souls are whirled,
Blinded, aghast, beneath the lightning's green.
The peaks are moments; lifelong lasts the dark.
Yet, soul, be strong! Thou hast beheld the sun,
Hast known that life is wisdom and is one.
Stanch thy despair! The cloud-rack thou dost mark
May hide a crest whereto thy wanderings bend.
And this, too, ends. There is a certain end.





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