Stanzas, Composed During a Tempest
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 January 2022
Summary
Dazzling may seem the noontide sky,
Its arch of azure shewing;
And lovely to the gazer's eye
The west, at sunset glowing.
Splendid the east—at morning bright,
Soft moonlight on the ocean;—
But glorious is the hushed delight
Born in the storm's commotion!
To see the dark and lowering cloud
By vivid lightening riven,—
To hear the answer, stern and proud,
By echoing thunders given;—
To feel , in such a scene and hour,
— ‘Mid all that each discloses—
The presence of that viewless power
On whom the world reposes;—
This, to the heart, is more than all
Mere beauty can bring o’er it;
Thought— feeling— fancy own its thrall,
And joy is hushed before it!
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- Publisher: Anthem PressPrint publication year: 2020