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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
RAIN, by PATRICK F. KIRBY First Line: Bright eyes and laughing lips Last Line: A long, long while. | |||
Bright eyes and laughing lips, See, I will hold you here, Close pressed against my heart, Away from fear. Dark clouds are in the sky, And on the window-pane Incessantly I hear The beat of rain. And high above the wind The ceaseless tread of feet That go from morn to night Along the street. They weary of the rain, I think, and of the cold, -- It is so hard to bear When one is old. And all the day they pass, Each one with drooping head, -- There are none walk the earth Except these dead! Press closer, heart, and lift Lips to my lips, and smile, -- We, too, shall be in the rain A long, long while. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CONSECRATION by PATRICK F. KIRBY SEQUEL TO FINALITY by PATRICK F. KIRBY SONG FOR THESE DAYS by PATRICK F. KIRBY TOMORROW by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD STREET-CRIES: 2. THE SHIP OF EARTH by SIDNEY LANIER SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: AMOS SIBLEY by EDGAR LEE MASTERS HOOKS AND EYES by KAREN SWENSON STREET CORNER COLLEGE by KENNETH PATCHEN |
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