Smith, Hamilton Lanphere, 1819-1903. [from old catalog] · Cleveland, M. C. Younglove and company · leaf 121
axen thread,The wasted taper and the crackling flameForetell the blast. But chief the plumy race,The tenants of the sky, its changes speak.Retiring from the downs, where all daylongThey pickd their scanty fare, a blackening trainOf clamorous rooks thick-urge their weary flight,And seek the closing… … The circling sea-fowl cleave the flaky clouds. Ocean, unequal pressd, with broken tide And blind commotion heaves ; while from the shore. Eat into caverns by the restless wave, And forest-rustling mountain, comes a voice, That solemn-sounding bids the world prepare. Then issues forth the storm with…
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