“Ye lightnings, the dread arrows of the clouds!
Ye signs and wonders of the element!
Utter forth ' God,' and fill the hills with praise!”

"Hymn in the Vale of Chamouni" (1802)

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English poet, literary critic and philosopher 1772–1834

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