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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
RAIN AT DAWN, by NORINE WINTROWE
First Line: I hear distant laughter
Last Line: Coming up the sky.
Subject(s): Dawn; Rain; Sunrise
First Line: I hear distant laughter
Last Line: Coming up the sky.
Subject(s): Dawn; Rain; Sunrise
I hear distant laughter,
Like a silver chain
Tinkling on a wine-cup --
'Tis the voice of Rain.
She has tasted nectar
From the clover's store.
Now she dances madly
Down the forest floor.
Woodland waters sparkling
Play her minuets,
And the dripping oak-leaves
Are her castanets.
Through the paths, she flashes,
An elusive sprite,
Throwing drops of crystal
'Round her, left and right.
Shaking little diamonds
From her dusky hair,
Once she pirouettes, and --
Is no longer there!
Where she danced, a rainbow
Throws its ribbon high --
A pathway for the Dawn Queen
Coming up the sky.
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