id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt 41063 Defoe, Daniel The Storm. An Essay. .txt text/plain 2541 256 96 Heaven lately spoke, but few knew what it said; Let me be where I will I heard the Storm, I felt the mighty Shock, and saw the Night, Since Storms are then the Nation's Choice, _Be Storms their Portion, said the Heavenly Voice_: And fill'd with loudest Storms the trembling Air: The mighty Genius to my Thought appear'd, Storms which the Monarch more than Death or Battel fear'd. Sensless of Danger, or the mighty Hand, But O ye Mighty Ships of War! Since 'tis suppos'd the Men of War Hell shook, for Devils Dread Almighty Power, But Devils nor Men the Being of God deny'd, Till Men of late found out New Ways to sin, But Storms and Tempests are above our Rules, I plainly heard it, tho' I'm dead. They say this was a High-Church Storm, _That Church-men can Rebel_. Let fair Pretences fill the Mouths of Men, ./cache/41063.txt ./txt/41063.txt