Note bn — POEMS 1809-1813.
Reading edition
As flashing far the new Volcano shone And swept the skies with { meteors lightnings } not their own. or, As flashed the volumed blaze, and { sadly ghastly } shone The skies with lightnings awful as their own.— [Letter to Lord Holland, Sept. 25, 1812.] or, As glared each rising flash, and ghastly shone The skies with lightnings awful as their own.— [Letter to Lord Holland, Sept. 27, 1812.]