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The waters are flashing,

The white hail is dashing,

The lightnings are glancing,

The hoar-spray is dancing—

Away!

The whirlwind is rolling,

The thunder is tolling,

The forest is swinging,

The minster bells ringing—

Come away!

The earth is like ocean,

Wreck-strewn and in motion:

Bird, beast, man and worm

Have crept out of the storm—

Come away!