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Sunset And Storm

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Deep with divine tautology,     The sunset's mighty mystery     Again has traced the scroll-like west     With hieroglyphs of burning gold:     Forever new, forever old,     Its miracle is manifest.     Time lays the scroll away. And now     Above the hills a giant brow     Of cloud Night lifts; and from his arm,     Barbaric black, upon the world,     With thunder, wind and fire, is hurled     His awful argument of storm.     What part, O man, is yours in such?     Whose awe and wonder are in touch     With Nature, - speaking rapture to     Your soul, - yet leaving in your reach     No human word of thought or speech     Commensurate with the thing you view.

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