<h2 id="c23">THE CLOUD.</h2>
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<p class="t0">I bring fresh showers for the thirsty flowers,</p>
<p class="t">From the seas and the streams;</p>
<p class="t0">I bear light shades for the leaves when laid</p>
<p class="t">In their noonday dreams.</p>
<p class="t0">From my wings are shaken the dews that waken</p>
<p class="t">The sweet buds everyone,</p>
<p class="t0">When rocked to rest on their mother’s breast</p>
<p class="t">As she dances about in the sun,</p>
<p class="t0">I wield the flail of the lashing hail</p>
<p class="t">And whiten the green plains under;</p>
<p class="t0">And then again I dissolve it in rain</p>
<p class="t">And laugh as I pass in thunder.</p>
<p class="lr">—Shelley.</p>
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