Storm On The Island Flashcards
‘We are prepared: we build our houses squat’
‘We are prepared: we build our houses squat’
“ – leaves and branches / can raise a tragic chorus in a gale”
“ – leaves and branches / can raise a tragic chorus in a gale”
“This wizened earth has never troubled us”
“This wizened earth has never troubled us”
‘You can listen to the thing you fear /forgetting that it pummels your house’
‘You can listen to the thing you fear /forgetting that it pummels your house’
‘You might think that the sea is company,/Exploding comfortably down on the cliffs/But no’
‘You might think that the sea is company,/Exploding comfortably down on the cliffs/But no’
‘the flung spray hits / the very windows, spits like a tame cat turned savage’
‘the flung spray hits / the very windows, spits like a tame cat turned savage’
‘We just sit tight while wind dives and strafes invisibly’
‘We just sit tight while wind dives and strafes invisibly’
‘Space is a salvo’
‘Space is a salvo’
‘We just sit tight while wind dives and strafes invisibly’
‘We just sit tight while wind dives and strafes invisibly’
‘Strange, it is a huge nothing that we fear’
‘Strange, it is a huge nothing that we fear’
