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SONNET [59] LIX. Written during a Thunder Storm, September, 1791; in which the Moon was perfectly clear, while the Tempest gathered in various directions near the Earth.

1 WHAT awful pageants croud the evening sky!
2 The low horizon gath'ring vapours shroud,
3 Sudden, from many a deep embattled cloud,
4 Terrific thunders burst and light'nings fly
5 While in serenest azure, beaming high,
6 Night's regent of her calm pavilion proud,
7 Gilds the dark shadows that beneath her lie,
8 Unvex'd by all their conflicts fierce and loud
9 So, in unsullied dignity elate,
10 A spirit conscious of superior worth,
11 In placid elevation firmly great,
12 Scorns the vain cares that give Contention birth;
13 And blest with peace above the shocks of Fate,
14 Smiles at the tumult of the troubled earth.

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Title (in Source Edition): SONNET [59] LIX. Written during a Thunder Storm, September, 1791; in which the Moon was perfectly clear, while the Tempest gathered in various directions near the Earth.
Themes: virtue; vice
Genres: sonnet

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Smith, Charlotte Turner, 1749-1806. Elegiac sonnets, and other poems. By Charlotte Smith. The first Worcester edition, from the sixth London edition, with additions. Printed at Worcester [Mass.]: by Isaiah Thomas, sold by him in Worcester, and by said Thomas and Andrews in Boston, 1795, p. 79. xix,[2],22-126,[2]p.,[5] leaves of plates: ill.; 15 cm. (12mo) (OTA N22357)

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