...drops, let all their moisture flow, In large effusion o'er the freshen'd world. THOMSON'S Seasons. 2. Oh night, And storm, and darkness ! ye are wondrous...the rattling crags among, Leaps the live thunder. BYRON'S Childe Harold. 8. How the giant element, From rock to rock, leaps with delirious bound ! BYRON'S...

...Nor fix on fond abodes to circumscribe thy pray'r ! XCII. The sky is changed! — and such a change! h , Coli-ny. tt stands at the top of a rapidly descending rlnerard • the windows commanding, one war,...

...of nature, is sensual delight ? Take Byron's description of a thunder-storm amidst the Alps; when " Far along, From peak to peak, the rattling crags among,...mountain now hath found a tongue ; And Jura answers, from her misty shroud, Back to the joyous Alps, who call to her aloud ! " Who ever read that magnificent...

...weak image of the storms which had desolated his own breast. The sky is changed!— and such a change; Oh, night! And storm and darkness, ye are wond'rous...among, Leaps the live thunder! Not from one lone cloud. Bui ever\ mountain now hath found a tongue, And Jura answers tbro' her mistv sbroud, Back to tliL-...

...weak image of the storms which had desolated his own breast. The sky is changed!—and such a change; Oh, night! And storm and darkness, ye are wond'rous...to peak, the rattling crags among. Leaps the live tbunder! Not from one lone cloud, But every mountain now hath found a tongue, And Jura answers thro'...

...might be referred to, but these will serve to illustrate :— " The sky is changed! and such a change ! oh night! And storm and darkness, ye are wondrous...strong, Yet lovely in your strength, as is the light From peak to peak, the rattling crags among Leaps the live thunder! Not from one lone cloud, But every...

...finest ideas to my mind is Byron's description of a thunderstorm in the Alps where the great bard says: 'From peak to peak, the rattling crags among, leaps the live thunder.' " His friend replied : "Yes, pretty; almost equal to the words of Habakkuk: 'He stood and measured...

...air, Nor fix on fond abodes to circumscribe thy pray'r! 860 Thy sky is changed! - and such a change! Oh night, And storm, and darkness, ye are wondrous...along, From peak to peak, the rattling crags among 865 Leaps the live thunder! Not from one lone cloud, But every mountain now hath found a tongue, And...

...night, provides a valid link with the theme of "Darkness": The sky is changed!—and such a change!* Oh night, And storm, and darkness, ye are wondrous...strength, as is the light Of a dark eye in woman. (860-63) Darkness, once more personified as feminine, this time is also said to be "lovely," confirming...

...not prolong my letter: the thunder storm on the Lake which you praise as the most sublime discription "Far along — From peak to peak the rattling crags among, Leaps the live thunder! Not from one cloud alone But every mountain now hath found a tongue And Jura answers thro' her misty shroud Back...