and here come the voices from the hilltop- the sky cries out , and we are suddenly under the flashes dropping from the ship , under the great booming explosions ripping through the trees , flashes everywhere from every side , impossible to run from , exploding the whole world , the land 's eyes seeing the flashes and feeling the pain and then snuffing out like a doused fire- and i hear the sky send forth the immediate command to pull back .