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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
RAINY DAY, by VINCENT JAMES O'SULLIVAN
First Line: The patient rain falls in a hush
Last Line: After the sails come down.
Alternate Author Name(s): O'suilleabhain, Sean
Subject(s): Sailing & Sailors
First Line: The patient rain falls in a hush
Last Line: After the sails come down.
Alternate Author Name(s): O'suilleabhain, Sean
Subject(s): Sailing & Sailors
The patient rain falls in a hush
On the poor little town;
All night long it fell on the street
Where the leaves lie dead and brown.
The drug-store shines with wet,
And behind the glass panes stare
The pale eyes of the palsied woman
Who lives by her kind son's care.
Nobody goes out at all;
But the little ships at sea
Sail wisely through the mist of rain
And this night they will be
Rocking at the wharves
Of the poor little town,
And the strong captains shouting Ho! Ho!
After the sails come down.
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