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Rain falls for centuries
Soaking the loose rocks in space
Sweet rain, the fire's out
The black snag glistens in the rain
& the last wisp of smoke floats up
(Gary Snyder (b. 1930), U.S. poet. Burning (l. 24-28). . .
No Nature; New and Selected Poems [Gary Snyder]. (1992) Pantheon Books.)
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When that I was and a little tiny boy,
With hey, ho, the wind and the rain,
A foolish thing was but a toy,
For the rain it raineth every day.
But when I came to man's estate
With hey, ho, the wind and the rain,
'Gainst knaves and thieves men shut their gate,
For the rain it raineth every day.
But when I came, alas! to wive,
With hey, ho, the wind and the rain,
By swaggering could I never thrive,
For the rain it raineth every day.
(William Shakespeare (1564-1616), British poet. Twelfth Night (V, i).
A sobering thought at the end of the comedy, as the play may seem a "foolish thing," or trifle ("toy"). The Unabridged William Shakespeare, William George Clark and William Aldis Wright, eds. (1989) Running Press.)
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but now it is the rain
Possesses us entirely, the twilight and the rain.
(Alun Lewis (1915-1944), Welsh poet. All Day It Has Rained (l. 23-24). . .
New Oxford Book of English Verse, The, 1250-1950. Helen Gardner, ed. (1972) Oxford University Press.)
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Come rain or come shine.
(Johnny Mercer (1909-1976), U.S. songwriter. "Come Rain or Come Shine," St. Louis Woman, A-M Music Corp. (1946).
Music composed by Harold Arlen (1905-1986).)
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When the shingles hissed
in the rain incendiary,
other values were revealed to us,
(Hilda Doolittle (1886-1961), U.S. poet. "The Walls Do Not Fall.")
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The rain makes still pools on the sidewalk.
The rain makes running pools in the gutter.
The rain plays a little sleep-song on our roof at night—
(Langston Hughes (1902-1967), U.S. poet. April Rain Song (l. 4-6). . .
Oxford Book of Children's Verse in America, The. Donald Hall, ed. (1985) Oxford University Press.)
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Rain is grace; rain is the sky condescending to the earth; without rain, there would be no life.
(John Updike (b. 1932), U.S. author, critic. Self-Consciousness: Memoirs, ch. 1 (1989).)
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eyes that see a
hand in the unclouded sky,
a human hand, release
wet fire, the rain that gave
my eyes their vigilance.
(Denise Levertov (b. 1923), Anglo-U.S. poet. "Two Variations.")
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The flowers are ravined
by bees, the fruit blossoms
are thrown to the ground, the wind
the rain forces everything.
(Charles Olson (1910-1970), U.S. poet. Variations Done for Gerald Van de Wiele (l. 74-77). . .
Norton Anthology of Modern Poetry, The. Richard Ellmann and Robert O'Clair, eds. (2d ed., 1988) W. W. Norton & Company.)
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I should have kissed her if the rain
Had lasted a minute more.
(Thomas Hardy (1840-1928), British novelist, poet. A Thunderstorm in Town (l. 9-10). . .
The Complete Poems of Thomas Hardy. James Gibson, ed. (1978) Macmillan.)
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