We sat together close and warm,
My little tired boy and I--
Watching across the evening sky
The coming of the storm.
No rumblings rose, no thunders crashed,
The west-wind scarcely sang aloud;
But from a huge and solid cloud
The summer lightnings flashed.
And then he whispered "Father, watch;
I think God's going to light His moon--"
"And when, my boy" ... "Oh, very soon--
I saw Him strike a match!"