Before the Rain

By Aldrich, Thomas Bailey

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Poetry

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Excerpt: We knew it would rain, for all the morn // A spirit on slender ropes of mist // Was lowering its golden buckets down // Into the vapory amethyst. // Of marshes and swamps and dismal fens- // Scooping the dew that lay in the flowers, // Dipping the jewels out of the sea, // To sprinkle them over the land in showers. // We knew it would rain, for the poplars showed // The white of their leaves, the amber grain // Shrunk in the wind-and the lightning now // Is tangled in tremulous skeins of rain! // Thomas Bailey Aldrich...

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Title:

Before the Rain

Author:

Aldrich, Thomas Bailey

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Language:

English

Subject:

Fiction, Poetry, Verse drama

Collection:

Poetry Collection

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Historic
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World Public Library Association

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