Provision + 

Above my head the great pine-branches tower; + 

Backwards and forwards each to the other bends, + 

Beckoning the tempest-cloud which hither wends + 

Like a slow-laboured thought, heavy with power: + 

Hark to the patter of the coming shower! + 

Let me be silent while the Almighty sends + 

His thunder-word along⁠—but when it ends + 

I will arise and fashion from the hour + 

Words of stupendous import, fit to guard + 

High thoughts and purposes, which I may wave, + 

When the temptation cometh close and hard, + 

Like fiery brands betwixt me and the grave + 

Of meaner things⁠—to which I am a slave, + 

If evermore I keep not watch and ward. + 