Lightning . . .

. . . and Rain

"Earth seems to hold her breath before the expected fury," wrote Celia Thaxter. "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."

According to The 2022 Old Farmer's Almanac Weather Calendar, "When the thunder is more continuous than the lightning, there will be great winds."

In the New King James Version of the Bible, Psalm 135:5-7 reads:

For I know that the LORD is great,

And our Lord is above all gods.

Whatever the LORD pleases He does,

In heaven and in earth,

In the seas and in all deep places.

He causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth;

He makes lightning for the rain;

He brings the wind out of His treasuries.

The Expected Fury: A Quotation

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)

To read an article about Celia Thaxter, click here.

                                                                  

Quotation from Celia Thaxter

It was so beautiful -- the dewy quiet, the freshness, the long, still shadows, the matchless, delicate, sweet charm of the newly wakened world.
     CELIA THAXTER
     Quoted in Thoughts from the Mountains (Heartland Samplers, Inc., 1992)

Celia Thaxter (1835-1894)

To read an article about Celia Thaxter, click here.

Quotation from Celia Thaxter

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), American writer of poetry and stories

Source: Thoughts from the Mountains (Heartland Samplers, Inc., 1992)

Celia Thaxter

"August" by Celia Thaxter

Here is a short poem, by American writer Celia Thaxter, that is good for children.


AUGUST

Buttercup nodded and said good-by,
   Clover and daisy went off together,
But the fragrant water lilies lie
   Yet moored in the golden August weather.

The swallows chatter about their flight,
   The cricket chirps like a rare good fellow,
The asters twinkle in clusters bright,
   While the corn grows ripe and the apples mellow.


Source: Favorite Poems Old and New (1957), selected for boys and girls by Helen Ferris

Celia Thaxter (1835-1894)

American writer of stories and poems