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 The livid lightnings flashed in the clouds by Stephen Crane 
						The livid lightnings flashed in the clouds;The leaden thunders crashed.
 A worshipper raised his arm.
 "Hearken! Hearken! The voice of God!"
 
 "Not so," said a man.
 "The voice of God whispers in the heart
 So softly
 That the soul pauses,
 Making no noise,
 And strives for these melodies,
 Distant, sighing, like faintest breath,
 And all the being is still to hear."
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