word of the day: adversity

"come terror, come thunder,

come sulfurous rain.

come hellfire, highwater,

pestilence, pain.

no final destruction

can tear us apart.

our love beats adversity —

          nerve, spirit, heart."  

LONGER VERSION: 

the lovers howled: "come terror, come thunder, come sulfurous rain,

                                         come hellfire, highwater, pestilence, pain!

                                         no final destruction can tear us apart!

                                         our love beats adversity — nerve, spirit, heart!"  

now if on the moors, on a midwinter's night, 

you notice a couple in phantom-like flight, 

then don't doubt your eyes — it is they you have sighted. 

despite tragic ends, they have been reunited.