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The earth danced like a Bacchanal ; the dwellings Based on the earth were crumbled on their heads Who reared them up ; the gorgeous temples fell , And the salt wave , returning in its might , Washed scornful through their ruins . A tall ship , A toy In Ocean ' s arms , was laid athwart The very basement where the alter stood ;
The wild beasts left the forests , and the birds Screamed in affright while rising on the wing ; The tamed horse joined the wild herd , and the goat Lost his firm footing on the crags , and fell Into the yawning chasms . The pale moon Lighted the fearful scene ; while crowds of fnen , Shiv ' ring in terror , left their wounded fellows Mangled and crushed , and sought an open space
Whereon to kneel and mingle fearfai prayers With the wHd shrieks of women and of children Awhile I laughed , as in an opium-fit , For I had found excitement once again ! Then in that fearful scene , yea , on that spot , Came deep analysis of human acta And human passions ; and , while thus I mused , I was a ^ orte amidst a ruined town !
A shriek came on mine ear , a woman ' s shriek , A deep and piercing solitary shriek' Save , save toy child ! My heart was nerved once more My strength was as a giant ' s . Strong to save , I threw away my garments , and I toiled As love alone can toil . Woman and child
Were rescued from the ruin ; and I cast My wearied body on the heaving earth . Faint with exhaustion . By the pale moonlight That woman pressed her child unto her heart . And blessed me as her saviour . The hot tears Gushed from mine eyelids . * 4 ? * * * Once more the land was quiet—the worn earth Had rocked . herself t 6 sleep ; another soil Greeted mine eyes from the wft 4 rnountaln > pe » k ; A torrent ran beneath downthe wivipe , Swoll ' n by a thousand rittilets , which streamed
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1835, page 606, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2649/page/42/
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