From "The Day of Doom" by Michael Wigglesworth (1631-1705):
Like as of old, when Men grow bold
God's threatenings to condemn,
Who stopped their Ear, and would not hear,
when Mercy warned them:
But took their course, without remorse,
till God began to power
Destruction the World upon
in a tempestuous shower.
(Photo: A Virgin Mary is all that remains from a home which was destroyed during Hurricane Sandy in Breezy Point, Queens on October 30, 2012. By Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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