All 5 Uses
tempest
in
Faust -- translated by Brooks
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- Who bids the tempest rage with passion's power?†
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- And tempests roar, glad warfare waging,
From sea to land, from land to sea,
And bind round all, amidst their raging,
A chain of giant energy.†Chpt All * - Thou, spirit of the earth, art to me nearer;
I feel my powers already higher, clearer,
I glow already as with new-pressed wine,
I feel the mood to brave life's ceaseless clashing,
To bear its frowning woes, its raptures flashing,
To mingle in the tempest's dashing,
And not to tremble in the shipwreck's crashing;
Clouds gather o'er my head—Them moon conceals her light—The lamp goes out!†Chpt All - How the mad tempest[34] sweeps the air!†
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- In frightful confusion, headlong tumbling,
They fall, with a sound of thunder rumbling,
And, through the wreck-piled ravines and abysses,
The tempest howls and hisses.†Chpt All
Definitions:
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(1)
(tempest) a violent commotion or disturbance -- especially a violent storm or emotional outburstThe expression tempest in a teapot describes people as being upset over an unimportant matter.
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)