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Show THE NIGHT AND THE STORM. I By Ninette M. Lo water. H A ballad of night and of terror, a ballad of wind I and rain; I From the east leaped forth the darkness and I swallowed up the main; I It hid the tree and the river, the house and the I level field; I It covered the stars in heaven and forced the I moon to yield. lUl From the north the wind came sweeping, the M lightning followed fast, ! The earth lay mute with terror before the mighty M blast; It sprang at the forest monarchs who had reigned for many a year, I Broken they lay, and shattered, with the hillside I for a bier. I From the black clouds whirling madly the angry I rain leaped down; I The rill became a torrent and spread throughout I the town; The black lakes moaned and trembled and vainly I tried to flee I The pleasant gardens man had made he never I more shall see. I But the sun arose at morning, the rivers sought I their bed; I And men came forth and wrought again and cov- I ered up their dead; I Only the great trees lying on the bare earth, I crushed and prone, I Told of the fearful revel of the crowned night on I her throne. New York Sun. I |
