midnight
Things unspeakable come to pass in those deserted regions . Some horseman rides in the gloom ; the air is full of a forest sound ; nothing is visible ; but the tramp of cavalcades is heard . The noonday is overcast with sudden night ; a tornado passes . Or it is midnight , which suddenly becomes bright as day ; the polar lights are in the heavens . Whirlwinds pass in opposite ways , and in a sort of hideous dance , a stamping of the storms upon the waters . A cloud overburdened opens and falls to earth . Other clouds , filled with red light , flash and roar ; then frown again ominously .