When awful darkness and silence reign
Over the great Gromboolian plain,
Through the long, long wintry nights.
When the angry breakers roar
As they beat on the rocky shore;-
When Storm-clouds brood on the towering heights
Of the Hills of the Chankly Bore. (Edward Lear)

When awful darkness and silence reign Over the great Gromboolian plain, Through the long, long wintry nights. When the angry breakers roar As they beat on the rocky shore;- When Storm-clouds brood on the towering heights Of the Hills of the Chankly Bore.

Edward Lear

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