William H. Simpson. Rain in the Hills. Harriet Monroe, ed. Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912-22

Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22.

Rain in the Hills

By William H. Simpson


From “Along Old Trails” WERE I the rain
Coming over the hills—

I should be glad
That my cool fingers could ease the little fevers of dusty water-holes,
And caress curled leaves of the cottonwoods.	5

The herd,
Pawing, bellowing, would let me quiet them,
Standing in fresh pools by dusty water-holes—

If I were the rain
Coming over the hills.	10