Earth seems to hold her breath before the expected fury. Lightning scores the sky from zenith to horizon, and across from north to south "a fierce, vindictive scribble of fire" writes its blinding way, and the awesome silence is broken by the cracking thunder that follows every flash.
Celia Thaxter (1835-1894)
Quoted in Thoughts from the Mountains (Heartland Samplers, Inc., 1992)
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