Then — sudden — did the earth moan as it slept, And start as one in evil dreams, and toss Its peopled arms up, as the horror crept.


The Complete Works of James Whitcomb Riley, (Volume 5), The Earthquake

James Whitcomb Riley Quotes

Then — sudden — did the earth moan as it slept, And start as one in evil dreams, and toss Its peopled arms up, as the horror crept.

Then — sudden — did the earth moan as it slept, And start as one in evil dreams, and toss Its peopled arms up, as the horror crept.

Then — sudden — did the earth moan as it slept, And start as one in evil dreams, and toss Its peopled arms up, as the horror crept.

Then — sudden — did the earth moan as it slept, And start as one in evil dreams, and toss Its peopled arms up, as the horror crept.