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WINTER RAIN.
WINTER RAIN.
EVERY valley drinks,
Every dell and hollow;
Where the kind rain sinks and sinks,
Green of Spring will follow.
Every dell and hollow;
Where the kind rain sinks and sinks,
Green of Spring will follow.
Yet a lapse of weeks
Buds will burst their edges,
Strip their wool-coats, glue-coats, streaks,
Tn the woods and hedges;
Buds will burst their edges,
Strip their wool-coats, glue-coats, streaks,
Tn the woods and hedges;
Weave a bower of love
For birds to meet each other
Weave a canopy above
Nest and egg and mother.
For birds to meet each other
Weave a canopy above
Nest and egg and mother.
But for fattening rain
We should have no flowers,
Never a bud or leaf again
But for soaking showers;
We should have no flowers,
Never a bud or leaf again
But for soaking showers;
Never a mated bird
In the rocking tree-tops,
Never indeed a flock or herd
To graze upon the lea-crops.
In the rocking tree-tops,
Never indeed a flock or herd
To graze upon the lea-crops.
Lambs so woolly white,
Sheep the sun-bright leas on,
Sheep the sun-bright leas on,
