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RAIN IN THE HEART, by                    
First Line: If this were all - oh! If this were all
Last Line: "though ""into each life some rain must fall."
Subject(s): Hearts;rain


IF this were all -- oh! if this were all,
That into each life some rain must fall,
There were fewer sobs in the poet's rhyme,
There were fewer wrecks on the shores of time.

But tempests of woe dash over the soul --
Since winds of anguish we cannot control;
And shock after shock are we called to bear,
Till the lips are white with the heart's despair.

The shores of time with wrecks are strewn,
Unto the ear comes ever a moan --
Wrecks of hope that set sail with glee,
Wrecks of love sinking silently.

Many are hid from the human eye;
Only God knoweth how deep they lie;
Only God heard when arose the prayer,
"Help me to bear -- oh! help me to bear."

"Into each life some rain must fall."
If this were all -- oh! if this were all;
Yet there's a refuge from storm and blast --
Gloria Patri -- we'll reach at last.

Be strong, be strong, to my heart I cry,
The pearl in the wounded shell doth lie;
Days of sunshine are given to all,
Though "into each life some rain must fall."





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