Written on a Stormy Night + 

O wild and dark! a night hath found me now + 

Wherein I mingle with that element + 

Sent madly loose through the wide staring rent + 

In yon tormented branches! I will bow + 

A while unto the storm, and thenceforth grow + 

Into a mighty patience strongly bent + 

Before the unconquering Power which hither sent + 

These winds to fight their battles on my brow!⁠— + 

Again the loud boughs thunder! and the din + 

Licks up my footfall from the hissing earth! + 

But I have found a mighty peace within, + 

And I have risen into a home of mirth! + 

Wildly I climb above the shaking spires, + 

Above the sobbing clouds, up through the steady fires! + 