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...what gave but a 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,...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'...

...that poem. Others might be referred to, but these will serve to illustrate :— " The sky is changed! and such a change ! oh night! And storm and darkness,...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...

...worship, earth and 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,...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...

...it is beheld at night, provides a valid link with the theme of "Darkness": The sky is changed!—and such a change!* Oh night, And storm, and darkness,...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...

...(lines 854-5). Byron describes a nocturnal storm in the Alps with a glee not matched until Tyndall: "Far along, / From peak to peak, the rattling crags among, / Leaps the live thunder!" (lines 863-5). The deistic "let me quit man's works, again to read / His Maker's spread around me"...

...blasting. As love is lightning, so are thunder-storms lovely as a Cleopatra: The sky is chang'd! — and such a change! Oh, night, And storm, and darkness,...peak, the rattling crags among Leaps the live thunder! (ra, 92) 'The joyous Alps' echo it. When thunder-bolts flash and forked lightnings — 'the most terrible...

...Hearth of the dead! I stand, Where joy and sorrow, smile and tear, Have link'd one household band. 80 O night, And storm, and darkness! ye are wondrous strong, Yet lovely in your strength! BYRON.2 I COME to thee, O Earth! With all my gifts! — for every flower sweet dew, In bell, and urn,...