... or when the warmer air, _Blackwood's Magazine_, January 1819. ] [Footnote 352: 1819. At either moment let thy feet repair _Blackwood's Magazine_, January 1819. ] [Footnote 353: 1819. ... for then ... _Blackwood's Magazine_, January 1819. ] [Footnote 354: 1819. ... from day, ... _Blackwood's Magazine_, January 1819. ] [Footnote 355: 1827. ... and ... 1819. ] [Footnote 356: 1819. ... toward ... _Blackwood's Magazine_, January 1819. ] FOOTNOTES: [Footnote DL: Compare the Fenwick note to _The Excursion_.--ED.] [Footnote DM: Compare the Fenwick note to _The Excursion_.--ED.] COMPOSED DURING A STORM[357] Composed 1819.--Published 1819 [Written in Rydal Woods, by the side of a torrent.--I. F.] One of the "Miscellaneous Sonnets."--ED. One who was suffering tumult in his soul Yet failed to seek the sure relief of prayer, Went forth--his course surrendering to the care Of the fierce wind, while mid-day lightnings prowl Insidiously, untimely thunders growl; 5 While trees, dim-seen, in frenzied numbers, tear The lingering remnant of their yellow hair, And shivering wolves, surprised with darkness, howl As if the sun were not. He raised his eye Soul-smitten; for, that instant, did appear[358] 10 Large space ('mid dreadful clouds) of purest sky, An azure disc[359]--shield of Tranquillity; Invisible, unlooked-for, minister Of providential goodness ever nigh! VARIANTS: [Footnote 357: 1827. Composed during one of the most awful of the late storms, February 1819. 1819. Composed during a severe storm. 1820. ] "AERIAL ROCK--WHOSE SOLITARY BROW" Composed 1819.--Published 1819 [A projecting point of Loughrigg, nearly in front of Rydal Mount. Thence looking at it, you are struck with the boldness of its aspect; but walking under it, you admire the beauty of its details. It is vulgarly called Holme-scar, probably from the insulated pasture by the waterside below it.--I. F.] One of the "Miscellaneous Sonnets."--ED.