He put his hands before his face. He stooped, + 

Blind with his hair. The loud drops’ grim tattoo + 

Beat him to earth. Like summer grass he drooped, + 

Amazed, while sheeted lightning large and blue + 

Blinked wide and pricked and quivering eyeball through. + 

Then, scrambling to his feet, with downward head + 

He fought into the tempest as chance led. + 