It was a quiet seeming Day－1
There was no harm in earth or sky－
Till with the closing sun
There strayed an accidental Red
A Strolling Hue, one would have said
To westward of the Town－
But when the Earth began to jar 7
And Houses vanished with a roar
And Human Nature hid
We comprehended by the Awe
As those that Dissolution saw
The Poppy in the Cloud
There was no harm in earth or sky－
Till with the closing sun
There strayed an accidental Red
A Strolling Hue, one would have said
To westward of the Town－
But when the Earth began to jar 7
And Houses vanished with a roar
And Human Nature hid
We comprehended by the Awe
As those that Dissolution saw
The Poppy in the Cloud
(F.1442/J.1419)
[4] an accidental Red:: minor activity of a volcano.
[5] A strolling Hue:: a hint on the strolling lava.
[7, 8] Earth, jar, Houses vanished:: the eruption of a volcano.
[11] those, Dissolution:: people died, dissolved in the lava.
[12] Poppy in the Cloud:: the bright scarlet color in the sky caused by the eruption.