<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=117548" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Thy Thunder Pealeth O'er Us</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Thy thunder pealeth o'er us,<br>God of the earth and sky!<br>And o'er the gloomy heavens<br>The clouds roll dark and high.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But 't is not by thine anger,<br>Those flashing bolts are hurl'd,<br>To desolate and humble<br>A proud and guilty world.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Though awful in its grandeur<br>The storm o'ermounts the sky,<br>It bears from thee a blessing,<br>Beneath its scowling eye.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Behind its steps more radiantly<br>The deep blue heavens will shine,<br>And the glad earth, rejoicing,<br>Pour forth her corn and wine.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But oh, there lieth brooding,<br>A cloud more dark and dread,<br>Above our guilty nation,<br>In fearful portent spread!</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Though broad our frightful borders<br>All smilingly expand,<br>The curse of blood is on us,<br>And on our pleasant land.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">For we have sinn'd before thee,<br>And caused dark floods to roll,<br>Of tyranny and anguish,<br>Across our brother's soul.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But let not yet thine anger<br>Consume our blood-stain'd sod;<br>Extend a little longer<br>Thy mercy, oh our God!</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And touch our flinty bosoms<br>With thy dissolving grace,<br>That we may hate our vileness,<br>And weep before thy face.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Elizabeth+Margaret+Chandler">Elizabeth Margaret Chandler</a> from <i>Poetical Works</i><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=117548" data-title="Thy Thunder Pealeth O'er Us de Elizabeth Margaret Chandler" data-description="Thy thunder pealeth o'er us,/God of the earth and sky!/And o'er the gloomy heavens/The clouds roll dark and high./But 't is not by thine anger,/Those flashing bolts are hurl'd,/To desolate and humble/A proud and guilty world./Though awful in its g..."></div> </div> </div>

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