--- title: Improvement Era description: Monthly periodical of the Mormon church, 1897 onward. This library holds the issues of November 1897 to December 1930. authors: - Lambourne, Alfred collections: - periodicals tags: - magazine - improvement-era periodical: Improvement Era volume: 25 number: 1 published: 1921-11 publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations publisher_place: Salt Lake City language: en type: magazine reference: 'Alfred Lambourne, "After the Storms," *Improvement Era* 25, no. 1 (November 1921): 1.' source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera2501unse transcription: Transcribed from the Internet Archive scan of each issue (the item for each issue is named in the issue's own source); unnumbered advertising leaves are omitted, printed page numbers are kept as page markers. identifier: improvementera2501unse start_page: 1 end_page: 1 rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1921-11) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera2501unse publication_year: 1921 note: The Internet Archive item metadata carries a blanket "© Copyright by Intellectual Reserve, Inc." notice. The library owner judged it inapplicable because this issue was published in 1921, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright. --- # After the Storms AFTER THE STORMS Lo, in the East once more the risen sun Bathes the wide landscape in a golden light; In calm and richness is this day begun, And ends the storm and tumult of the night. The lightnings cleft the dark in lurid streams, And thunders echoed from the wind-swept cloud, The troubled night was like a night of dreams When life with death is wrapped within a shroud. Yes, dread that storm which swept the darkened skies, That filled the night with sounds of driven rain, And still remembrance in my being lies, To voice a heart-storm — lost love's stress and pain: Now lifts the sun, the night's wild tumults cease; Unto my soul there comes this hour of peace. ALFRED LAMBOURNE