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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.

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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
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Hail
Rumbling
Storm
Rapid
Tattered
Window
Rapids
Clashes
Blue
Clash
Dashing
Tears
Thunder
Foliage
Comes
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Crashing
Lightning
Flashes
Flash
Crumbling

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