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| HOW gently cometh down the rain! Shut out from earth, the day-god sleeps; And each full cloud now sadly weeps Its tribute on the springing grain. Tears! tears from Nature's eyes, Those rain-drops seem which fall to earth; They call the fruits and flowers to birth And bid their perfumes sweet arise. Quiv'ring on every leaf; they seem Like glittering pearls or costly gems, Which flash in eastern diadems; Or on the brow of beauty gleam. They come from heaven, to cheer the thirsty plain, But soon, on sunbeams, they fly back again. |
[The Ladies' Repository 31 (August 1871): 100.]
ABOUT THE ELECTRONIC EDITION
William Baxter's "Rain" was first published in The Ladies' Repository: A Monthly Periodical Devoted to Literature and Religion, Vol. 31, No. 8 (New Series, Vol. 8, No. 2), August 1871, p. 100. This volume, edited by I. W. Wiley, was published in Cincinnati by Hitchcock and Walden and in New York by Carlton and Lanahan.
Addenda and corrigenda are earnestly solicited.
Ernie Stefanik
Derry, PA
Created 19 April 2000.
Updated 28 June 2003.
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