Give thanks for rain when clouds extend Their liquid streams which interblend With rainbow hues that glorify The thirsty land and arching sky, When silver sprays of wealth descend. No greater gifts to earth transcend The showers that the heavens lend. When manna falls to soothe our cry, Give thanks for rain. Let grasses and the trees pretend Their famished leaves can comprehend That tear-drops flow from heaven's eye. When night winds croon a lullaby And years of drought approach an end, Give thanks for rain. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE SNUG LITTLE ISLAND by THOMAS FROGNALL DIBDIN THE PICTURE OF LITTLE T.C. IN A PROSPECT OF FLOWERS by ANDREW MARVELL IN MEMORIAM A.H.H.: 22 by ALFRED TENNYSON ON THE DEATH OF THE REV. MR. GEORGE WHITEFIELD, 1770 by PHILLIS WHEATLEY THE LUNCH by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH OVERTONES by CHARLES GRANGER BLANDEN |