First Line: THE RAIN STREAMS DOWN LIKE HARP-STRINGS FROM THE SKY Last Line: HE PLAYS UPON THE HARP-STRINGS OF THE RAIN. Subject(s): AFRICAN AMERICANS; RAIN; NEGROES; AMERICAN BLACKS;
THE rain streams down like harp-strings from the sky; The wind, that world-old harpist sitteth by; And ever as he sings his low refrain, He plays upon the harp-strings of the rain.