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Justin Ehrlich was born in Essex in 1985 and has a degree in Philosophy. He writes poetry and short fiction dealing with themes of death, insanity and the supernatural.

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Vladimir Solovyov 1853 - 1900

Below the Sultry Storm

BELOW the sultry storm that seemed to lower,
An alien force, again I heard the call
Of my mysterious mate: the prisoned power
Of old dreams flared and flickered in its fall.

And with a cry of horror and of dolor—
As of an eagle in an iron vise—
My spirit shook its cage in quivering choler,
And tore the net, and issued to the skies.

And up behind the clouds, unswerving, bearing,—
Before the miracles—a flaming sea—
Within the shining sanctum briefly flaring,
It vanished into white infinity. Translated by Babette Deutsch and Avrahm Yarmolinsky John Martin 1789-1854 - - Great Day of His Wrath

Filed under Avrahm Yarmolinsky Babette Deutsch Below the Sultry Storm Great Day of His Wrath John Martin Poetry Translation Vladimir Solovyov

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