O GOD, let there be rain! Rain, till this sky of gray That covers us every day Be utterly wept away, Let there be rain, we pray, Till the sky be washed blue again Let there be rain! O God, let there be rain, For the sky hangs heavy with pain, And we, who walk upon the earth, We find our days not of worth; None blesses the day of our birth, We question of death's day in vain, -- Let there be rain. O God, let there be rain Till the full-fed earth complain. Yes, though it sweep away The seeds sown yesterday And beat down the blossoms of May And ruin the border gay: In storm let this gray noon wane, Let there be rain! O God, let there be rain Till the rivers rise a-main! Though the waters go over us quite And over us up from the light And whelm us away in the night And the flowers of our life be slain, O God, let there be rain! O God, let there be rain, Out of the gray sky, rain! To wash the earth and to wash the sky And the sick, sad souls of the folk who sigh In the gray of a sordid satiety. Open Thy flood-gates, O God most High, And some day send us the sun again. O God, let there be rain! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FIDELIS by ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER SONNETS ON PICTURES: MARY MAGDALEN AT THE DOOR OF SIMON THE PHARISEE by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI THE CORAL INSECT by LYDIA HUNTLEY SIGOURNEY THE KITTEN AND THE FALLING LEAVES by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH WINE AND CITRON by ABU ABD ALLAH |