So all night long the storm roared on: The morning broke without a sun; In tiny spherule traced with lines Of Nature’s geometric signs, In starry flake, and pellicle, All day the hoary meteor fell; And, when the second morning shone, We looked upon a world unknown, On nothing we could call our own. Around the glistening wonder bent The blue walls of the firmament, No cloud above, no earth below, – A universe of sky and snow! . John Greenleaf Whittier
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This is a famous poem by John Keats. It describes how Keats felt during the great Lisbon earthquake of 1755. Many people of his age did not believe that God would allow such destruction to take place on Earth. When the earthquake occurred, however, they were very surprised that it did not destroy the city of Lisbon. Instead of destroying all that was built before, it just made the city new again.

Source: Complete Poetical Works

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