{"id":712,"date":"2016-10-10T15:06:48","date_gmt":"2016-10-10T15:06:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.sunderland.ac.uk\/seagullcity\/?page_id=712"},"modified":"2016-10-10T15:06:48","modified_gmt":"2016-10-10T15:06:48","slug":"the-storm","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.sunderland.ac.uk\/seagullcity\/the-storm\/","title":{"rendered":"The Storm"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sir Cuthbert Sharp, \u2018The Storm\u2019 from Poems on a Variety of Subjects<\/em> (Sunderland, 1828), pp. 16-18.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Cold blew the wind from off the sea,<\/p>\n

As I walk\u2019d on the moor;<\/p>\n

The ships were driving to the lee,<\/p>\n

And clouds began to lour.<\/p>\n

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The eastern sky was all o\u2019ercast,<\/p>\n

And troubl\u2019d seem\u2019d the air;<\/p>\n

And sea-fowl, conscious of the blast,<\/p>\n

To shelving rocks repair.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

The sun was glim\u2019ring through the sky,<\/p>\n

In robes of mist array\u2019d;<\/p>\n

I thought a storm was surely nigh,<\/p>\n

As on the moor I stray\u2019d.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Scarce had I rov\u2019d its banks an hour,<\/p>\n

When waves began to roar;<\/p>\n

And rain in torrents fast did pour<\/p>\n

Upon the affrighted shore.<\/p>\n

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When night her gloom had gather\u2019d round,<\/p>\n

No star beam\u2019d on the deep;<\/p>\n

The east wind sigh\u2019d a doleful sound\u2014<\/p>\n

The world was hush\u2019d in sleep.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

A ship, not distant from the beach,<\/p>\n

Was soon with billows tost,<\/p>\n

And striving hard the piers to reach,<\/p>\n

Was wreck\u2019d upon the coast.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

But, ah! my tale is not yet told\u2014<\/p>\n

The tear rolls down my cheek,<\/p>\n

For what I now to you unfold,<\/p>\n

Would make a Nero weep.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

For ere the night had dark\u2019d the skies<\/p>\n

With dread and sullen gloom,<\/p>\n

The Captain gaz\u2019d with ardent eyes<\/p>\n

To see the life-boat come.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

In vain he looks o\u2019er-rising waves,<\/p>\n

No help approaches nigh,<\/p>\n

Whilst fresh\u2019ning storms his soul dismays,<\/p>\n

And all his powers defy.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Now fierce winds through the cordage sweep\u2014<\/p>\n

Now cries moan in the air\u2014<\/p>\n

Now gazing on the frightful deep\u2014<\/p>\n

Looks round with wild despair.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Then turning, thus address\u2019d his crew,\u2014<\/p>\n

Down bend your knees and pray,<\/p>\n

To-morrow\u2019s sun we ne\u2018er shall view,<\/p>\n

All hope is fled away.<\/p>\n

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Hear us, O hear, eternal God,<\/p>\n

Midst ocean\u2019s waves we cry,<\/p>\n

Where midnight horror howls abroad,<\/p>\n

Beneath a convuls\u2019d sky.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Wilt thou, that ridest upon the storm,<\/p>\n

And bidst the billows rise,<\/p>\n

Look from the splendor of thy throne,<\/p>\n

And hear our plaintive cries?<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Wilt thou in mercy calm the deep,<\/p>\n

And make the winds to cease?<\/p>\n

And wilt thou hush the storm to sleep,<\/p>\n

And all our woes release?<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

But if the furious surge must roll,<\/p>\n

And plunge us in the waves;<\/p>\n

Hear the last pleadings of my soul,\u2014<\/p>\n

Protect our little babes.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Huge roaring billows still resound,<\/p>\n

And heave her to the shore;<\/p>\n

She strikes the rock\u2014all hands are drown\u2019d\u2014<\/p>\n

They sink to rise no more.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sir Cuthbert Sharp, \u2018The Storm\u2019 from Poems on a Variety of Subjects (Sunderland, 1828), pp. 16-18.   Cold blew the wind from off the sea, As I walk\u2019d on the moor; The ships were driving to the lee, And clouds began to lour.   The eastern sky was all o\u2019ercast, And troubl\u2019d seem\u2019d the air; […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-712","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.sunderland.ac.uk\/seagullcity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.sunderland.ac.uk\/seagullcity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.sunderland.ac.uk\/seagullcity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.sunderland.ac.uk\/seagullcity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.sunderland.ac.uk\/seagullcity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=712"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wp.sunderland.ac.uk\/seagullcity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/712\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":714,"href":"https:\/\/wp.sunderland.ac.uk\/seagullcity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/712\/revisions\/714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.sunderland.ac.uk\/seagullcity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}