RAIN

RAIN

I have always hated the rain,And the gloom of grayed skies.But now I think I must always cherishRain-hung leaf and the misty river;And the friendly screen of dripping greenWhere eager kisses were shyly givenAnd your pipe-smoke made clouds in our damp, close heaven.The curious laggard passed us by,His wet shoes soughed on the shining walk.And that afternoon was filled with a blurred glory—That afternoon, when we first talked as lovers.Jean Starr Untermeyer

I have always hated the rain,And the gloom of grayed skies.But now I think I must always cherishRain-hung leaf and the misty river;And the friendly screen of dripping greenWhere eager kisses were shyly givenAnd your pipe-smoke made clouds in our damp, close heaven.The curious laggard passed us by,His wet shoes soughed on the shining walk.And that afternoon was filled with a blurred glory—That afternoon, when we first talked as lovers.Jean Starr Untermeyer

I have always hated the rain,And the gloom of grayed skies.But now I think I must always cherishRain-hung leaf and the misty river;And the friendly screen of dripping greenWhere eager kisses were shyly givenAnd your pipe-smoke made clouds in our damp, close heaven.

I have always hated the rain,

And the gloom of grayed skies.

But now I think I must always cherish

Rain-hung leaf and the misty river;

And the friendly screen of dripping green

Where eager kisses were shyly given

And your pipe-smoke made clouds in our damp, close heaven.

The curious laggard passed us by,His wet shoes soughed on the shining walk.And that afternoon was filled with a blurred glory—That afternoon, when we first talked as lovers.

The curious laggard passed us by,

His wet shoes soughed on the shining walk.

And that afternoon was filled with a blurred glory—

That afternoon, when we first talked as lovers.

Jean Starr Untermeyer


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