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The farthest
Thunder that
I heard
Was nearer than
the Sky
And rumbles still,
though torrid Noons
Have lain their
Missiles by -
The Lightning that
preceded it
Struck no one but
myself -
But I would
not exchange
the Bolt
For all the rest of
Life -
Indebtedness to
Oxygen
The Happy may
repay,
But not the
obligation
To Electricity -
It founds the
Homes and decks
the Days
And every
clamor bright
Is but the
gleam concomitant
Of that waylaying
Light -
The Thought is
quiet as a
Flake -
A Crash without
a Sound,
How Life's
reverberation
It's Explanation
found -
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