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Against the windows the storm comes dashing, Through tattered foliage the hail tears crashing, The blue lightning flashes, The rapid hail clashes... The thunder is rumbling And crashing and crumbling.

James Russell Lowell

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James Russell Lowell
Age: 72 †
Born: 1819
Born: February 22
Died: 1891
Died: August 12
Diplomat
Essayist
Journalist
Literary Critic
Poet
Writer
Cambridge
Massachusetts
Weather
Hail
Rumbling
Storm
Rapid
Tattered
Window
Rapids
Clashes
Blue
Clash
Dashing
Tears
Thunder
Foliage
Comes
Windows
Crashing
Lightning
Flashes
Flash
Crumbling

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