Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, RAIN, by MADISON JULIUS CAWEIN


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First Line: Around, the stillness deepened, the the grain
Last Line: Grew to the calm assurance of the moon.
Subject(s): Rain


I
AROUND, the stillness deepened; then the grain
Went wild with wind; and every briery lane
Was swept with dust; and then, tempestuous black,
Hillward the tempest heaved a monster back,
That on the thunder leaned as on a cane;
And on huge shoulders bore a cloudy pack,
That gullied gold from many a lightning-crack:
One great drop splashed and wrinkled down the pane,
And then field, hill, and wood were lost in rain.

II
At last, through clouds, -- as from a cavern hewn
Into night's heart, -- the sun burst, angry roon;
And every cedar, with its weight of wet,
Against the sunset's fiery splendour set,
Frightened to beauty, seemed with rubies strewn:
Then in drenched gardens, like sweet phantoms met,
Dim odours rose of pink and mignonette;
And in the East a confidence, that soon
Grew to the calm assurance of the moon.





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