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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A RAINY DAY, by OLIVE CUSTANCE
First Line: The spirit of the day is there
Last Line: Your sudden rainbows in the sky.
Alternate Author Name(s): Douglas, Lady Alfred
Subject(s): Rain
First Line: The spirit of the day is there
Last Line: Your sudden rainbows in the sky.
Alternate Author Name(s): Douglas, Lady Alfred
Subject(s): Rain
THE Spirit of the day is there
At my window, wild and white,
With her large eyes full of light,
And the dawn dews in her hair.
She has slain the demon Night,
But its shadows haunt her yet,
And she cannot quite forget
The black terror of the fight.
So, her sunshine like a veil
Falls about her dim and pale,
And her skies are cold and grey,
And her song-birds, where are they?
Such a silence broods about her
This beautiful, sad day,
You would say her mists had curled
Round the clamour of the world,
Webs of mist as soft as sleep
Fallen on the mouths that sing,
Fallen on the eyes that weep,
Oh, dim and weary day, you bring
Dream and silence wing to wing,
And sighing winds and silver rain.
I love your dark clouds drifting by
In weird fantastic shapes for hours,
I love your wayward thunder showers,
Your sudden rainbows in the sky.
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