Classic and Contemporary Poetry
RAIN IN THE NIGHT, by EFFIE WALLER SMITH Poet's Biography First Line: Rain in the night is falling Last Line: The pattering of the rain. Subject(s): Melancholy; Rain; Dejection | ||||||||
Rain in the night is falling Softly and gently down, Pattering on the shingles Of the farmhouse old and brown. And tho' I cannot see it, Nor feel its crystal drops, Yet I hear its constant music Upon the old housetop. Pitter, patter, patter, pit! How melodious its sound, As it trickles from the eave-sides And splashes on the ground. But a feeling so sad, so dreary, Which I canot explain, Comes over me when, at night, I hear The pattering of the rain. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BALLAD OF THE LADIES OF OLDEN TIMES by FRANCOIS VILLON THE FOUR HUMOURS by RAFAEL CAMPO DEJECTION by ROBERT SEYMOUR BRIDGES THE DEATH OF THE FLOWERS by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT DEJECTION: AN ODE by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE MELANCHOLIA by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR A GOOD-BYE by EFFIE WALLER SMITH |
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