He cracks his gorge, his sides, / With violent hefts.

Named for the river, the Canisteo was commissioned in 1945 and jumboized (increased in size and capacity) in 1967.

Hadst thou seene Her, in whose breast my heart was paradis’d, Kist, courted, and imbrac’d.

Rain was dashing upon the roof and against the windows; wind was romping an Aprilesque game around the house, lashing the roof with the long, lithe arms of that willow-tree, rattling the window sash […]