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"Loud roared the dreadful thunder, The rain a deluge showers."
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ThunderCest léclair qui paraît, la foudre va partir. — Thunder
"Cest léclair qui paraît, la foudre va partir."
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Thunder is the sound caused by lightning. Depending upon the distance from and nature of the lightning, it can range from a long, low rumble to a sudden, loud crack. The sudden increase in temperature and hence pressure caused by the lightning produces rapid expansion of the air in the path of a lightning bolt. In turn, this expansion of air creates a sonic shock wave, often referred to as a "thun
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"As a storm-cloud lurid with lightning And a cry of lamentation, Repeated and again repeated, Deep and loud As the reverberation Of cloud answering unto cloud, Swells and rose away in the distance, As if the sheeted Lightning retreated, Baffled and thwarted by the winds resistance."
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"Hark, hark! Deep sounds, and deeper still, Are howling from the mountains bosom: Theres not a breath of wind upon the hill, Yet quivers every leaf, and drops each blossom: Earth groans as if beneath a heavy load."
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"The sky is changed! — and such a change! O night, And storm, and darkness, ye are wondrous strong, Yet lovely in your strength, as is the light Of a dark eye in woman! Far along, From peak to peak the rattling crags among Leaps the live thunder!"
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"The thunder, Wingd with red lightning and impetuous rage, Perhaps hath spent his shafts, and ceases now To bellow through the vast and boundless deep."
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"Thy thunder, conscious of the new command, Rumbles reluctant oer our fallen house."
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