Acer palmatum 'Emperor I'
The Rainy Day
The day is cold, and dark, and dreary;
It rains, and the wind is never weary;
The vine still clings to the moldering wall,
But at every gust the dead leaves fall,
And the day is dark and dreary.
Be still, sad heart! and cease repining;
Behind the clouds is the sun still shining;
Thy fate is the common fate of all,
Into each life some rain must fall,
Some days must be dark and dreary.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The Rainy Day
The day is cold, and dark, and dreary;
It rains, and the wind is never weary;
The vine still clings to the moldering wall,
But at every gust the dead leaves fall,
And the day is dark and dreary.
Be still, sad heart! and cease repining;
Behind the clouds is the sun still shining;
Thy fate is the common fate of all,
Into each life some rain must fall,
Some days must be dark and dreary.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
5 comments:
What a heavenly photograph, Kylee! Gorgeous!!!!!
Your pictures is beautiful and I enjoyed the poem. I've only heard a couple of lines from it before.
Cindy ~ Thanks, Cindy! Well, you KNOW how I love raindrops, especially hanging from Japanese Maples! Wonder where I got my inspiration for this one? ;-)
Catherine ~ Thank you. We enjoyed gentle rain all day here and I only stuck my head out long enough to snap this photo of the largest of our Japanese Maples. This one is just outside the back door.
I'd only heard a couple lines from this poem before, too. There is another verse that goes in the middle between these two, but it wasn't apropos, so I left that one out.
HWL has described today poetically! The Japanese Maple is stunning. gail
Lovely photo and post- my late father loved this poem, and so I had a happy remembrance of him when i read your blog. Thanks from way out here in California.
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