Explore "To a Lady on her Remarkable Preservation in an Hurricane in North-Carolina" by Phillis Wheatley on Textopian.
Though thou did'st hear the tempest from afar, / And felt'st the horrors of the wat'ry war, / To me unknown, yet on this peaceful shore
Methinks I hear the storm tumultuous roar, / And how stern Boreas with impetuous hand