“Reversed Thunder," as the poet George Herbert put it. "Reversed Thunder" -- the coming of judgement in response to the cry, "How long, O Lord?”

Darrell Johnson

Darrell Johnson - “Reversed Thunder," as the poet George...” 1

Similar quotes

“For to be human is not enough...when gods cry war amidst the thunder.”

Alan Moore
Read more

“Lightning struck, the sky roared, and the night cried a giant's tears, thunderous and inconsolable.”

Vaddey Ratner
Read more

“If we go to heaven they'll put us to work on the thunder, captain.”

Georg Buchner
Read more

“So this is how liberty dies. With thunderous applause.”

George Lucas
Read more

“Lord, thy children are jaded, and their ears go flat with sound. Marveling in the thunder rumbling of thy voice no longer - they hear not, and the omens of the white gull and the flayed oak are as naught to their purblind sight. The prophecy in the thunder, the foreshadowings of the leaves quivering white, the dismay of the grass bent in the merciless wind are naught, lord.”

Sylvia Plath
Read more