“What comes now? The earth awaits
What fierce wonder from the skies?”

—  Lionel Johnson

"July"
Context: What comes now? The earth awaits
What fierce wonder from the skies?
Thunder, trampling through the night?
Morning, with illustrious eyes?
Morning, from the springs of light:
Thunder, round Heaven's opening gates..

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English poet 1867–1902

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