Give thanks for rain when clouds extend Their liquid streams which interblend With rainbow hues that glorify The thirsty land and arching sky, When silver sprays of wealth descend. No greater gifts to earth transcend The showers that the heavens lend. When manna falls to soothe our cry, Give thanks for rain. Let grasses and the trees pretend Their famished leaves can comprehend That tear-drops flow from heaven's eye. When night winds croon a lullaby And years of drought approach an end, Give thanks for rain. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WHERE GO THE BOATS? by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON QUATORZAINS: 10. TO POESY by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES THE WRESTLERS by WILLIAM ROSE BENET THE JOURNEY by ANNE MILLAY BREMER THE WANDERER: 1. IN ITALY: INDIAN LOVE SONG by EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON THE FARMSTEAD by MADISON JULIUS CAWEIN CINQUAIN: OLD SHOES by KENNETH CHING |