Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, HIS FIRST LINES (PRESERVED BY HIS MOTHER), by WALTER SCOTT


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First Line: In awful ruins aetna thunders nigh
Last Line: While aetna thundering from the bottom boils.
Subject(s): Etna (volcano); Volcanoes; Aetna (volcano)


IN awful ruins AEtna thunders nigh,
And sends in pitchy whirlwinds to the sky
Black clouds of smoke, which, still as they aspire,
From their dark sides there bursts the glowing fire;
At other times huge balls of fire are toss'd
That lick the stars, and in the smoke are lost:
Sometimes the mount, with vast convulsions torn,
Emits huge rocks, which instantly are borne
With loud explosions to the starry skies,
The stones made liquid as the huge mass flies,
Then back again with greater weight recoils,
While AEtna thundering from the bottom boils.





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