The poetical works of William Lisle Bowles ... with memoir, critical dissertation, and explanatory notes, by the Rev. George Gilfillan |
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THE APRIL SHOWER.
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When rain-drops, glistening from the thatch,Like drops of silver run,
Our old blind grandame lifts the latch,
To feel the cheering sun.
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She sees no rainbow in the sky,But when the cuckoo sung,
She thought upon the years gone by,
When she was blithe and young.
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But God, who comforts want and age,Shall be her only friend,
And bless her till her pilgrimage
In silent dust shall end.
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