O wild and dark! a night hath found me now <br />Wherein I mingle with that element <br />Sent madly loose through the wide staring rent <br />In yon tormented branches! I will bow <br />A while unto the storm, and thenceforth grow <br />Into a mighty patience strongly bent <br />Before the unconquering Power which hither sent <br />These winds to fight their battles on my brow!- <br />Again the loud boughs thunder! and the din <br />Licks up my footfall from the hissing earth! <br />But I have found a mighty peace within, <br />And I have risen into a home of mirth! <br />Wildly I climb above the shaking spires, <br />Above the sobbing clouds, up through the steady fires!<br /><br />George MacDonald<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/written-on-a-stormy-night/
