| William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. (1878–1962). Anthology of Magazine Verse for 1920. 1920. |
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| The Squall |
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| IF swoops gray-winged across the obliterated hills, | |
| And the startled lake seems to run before it: | |
| From the woods comes a clamor of leaves, | |
| Tugging at the twigs, | |
| Pouring from the branches,, | 5 |
| And suddenly the birds are still. | |
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| Thunder crumples the sky, | |
| Lightning tears at it. | |
| And now the rain! | |
| The rain—thudding—implacable— | 10 |
| The wind, revelling in the confusion of great pines! | |
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| And a silver sifting of light, | |
| A coolness: | |
| A sense of summer anger passing, | |
| Of summer gentleness creeping nearer— | 15 |
| Penitent—tearful— | |
Forgiven!
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