Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, ENDLESS DOWNPOUR, by IVAN ALEKSEYEVITCH (ALEXEYVICH) BUNIN


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First Line: Endless downpour; misty wood
Last Line: Oh, dear lord! Oh, dear lord!


Endless downpour; misty wood;
Fir trees swaying:
Oh, dear Lord! - as if the wood were drunk,
Rain-sodden.
At the window of the dark lodge
A child sits drumming with a spoon.
Mother sleeping soundly on the stove;
A calf lowing in the damp passage.
Gloomy lodge; buzzing of flies...
Why does the wood ring with birdsong,
Sprout with mushrooms, blossom with flowers
And vegetation bright as grass snakes?
Why does a round-eyed child,
Weary of the world and of his lodge,
Drum his spoon on the windowsill
To the even patter of the rain?
Calf lowing; dumb calf.
And the mournful fir trees bow their green branches:
Oh, dear Lord! Oh, dear Lord!




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