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A storm raged fiercely through the frightened hours, houses were / shaken, chimney-pots torn down, large trees uprooted, as well as / fragile flowers, e'en lives were lost in that storm-shaken town. And / afterwards we saw a wondrous sight, walking beneath some trees still / drenched with rain -- a stretch of cobwebs silver in the light, / unharmed, unconquered by the wrack and strain. Cobwebs that looked / so frail a baby's breath could tear to bits their lacy filigree were / quite unharmed by this attack of death beneath which fell both man / and masonry. And thus it is in life; the storm-swept soul can still / retain its web of lovely dreams though hostile winds deter us from / the goal and oft we have to ford hate's swirling streams. Though / merciless the tempests that have swept over a human life, frail as a / wraith, still has the battered soul with honour kept its beauteous / web of hope and love and faith.