| Hunt and Lee, comps. The Book of the Sonnet. 1867. | | | | II. Rain | | By William Henry Burleigh (1812–1871) |
| | | DASHING in big drops on the narrow pane, | |
| And making mournful music for the mind, | |
| While plays his interlude the wizard Wind, | |
| I hear the ringing of the frequent rain: | |
| How doth its dreamy tone the spirit lull, | 5 |
| Bringing a sweet forgetfulness of pain, | |
| While busy thought calls up the past again, | |
| And lingers ’mid the pure and beautiful | |
| Visions of early childhood! Sunny faces | |
| Meet us with looks of love, and in the moans | 10 |
| Of the faint wind we hear familiar tones, | |
| And tread again in old familiar places! | |
| Such is thy power, O Rain! the heart to bless, | |
| Wiling the soul away from its own wretchedness! | | | | |
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