Rain
The clouds are shedding tears of joy,
They fall with rhythmic beat
Upon the earth, and soon destroy
Dust dunes and waves of heat.
Each falling drop enforcement bears
To river, lake and rill,
And sweet refreshment gladly shares
With wooded dell and hill.
Every flower, bud, and leaf,
Each blossom, branch, and tree
Distills the rain, ’tis my belief,
To feed the honey bee.
I pity every wretch I find
Who, frowning in disdain,
Is deaf and dumb and also blind
To beauty in the rain.
by Raymond Garfield Dandridge
Raymond Garfield Dandridge was born in about 1882 in Price Hill, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America. He became a poet and a writer. His published works include, “The Poet and Other Poems” (1920). Raymond Garfield Dandridge passed on at about 48 years of age on 24 February 1930 in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America.
The clouds are shedding tears of joy,
They fall with rhythmic beat
Upon the earth, and soon destroy
Dust dunes and waves of heat.
Each falling drop enforcement bears
To river, lake and rill,
And sweet refreshment gladly shares
With wooded dell and hill.
Every flower, bud, and leaf,
Each blossom, branch, and tree
Distills the rain, ’tis my belief,
To feed the honey bee.
I pity every wretch I find
Who, frowning in disdain,
Is deaf and dumb and also blind
To beauty in the rain.
by Raymond Garfield Dandridge
Raymond Garfield Dandridge was born in about 1882 in Price Hill, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America. He became a poet and a writer. His published works include, “The Poet and Other Poems” (1920). Raymond Garfield Dandridge passed on at about 48 years of age on 24 February 1930 in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America.
