Who loves the rain

    Friday poems are Lindsay's thing, and I don't mean to encroach, but this - by Frances Shaw - is lovely, (and as I write, it's pouring!):

Who loves the rain
And loves his home,
And looks on life with quiet eyes,
Him will I follow through the storm;
And at his hearth-fire keep me warm;
Nor hell nor heaven shall that soul surprise,
Who loves the rain,
And loves his home,
And looks on life with quiet eyes

 

     I do love the rain, so that resonates with me, but as long as you have "The Right Attitude to Rain", you'll be fine! Any other 'rainy' books or poems ? Here's one to be going on with.

Comments

[Dark Puss]

This cat hates getting his fur wet as you know well. One of the books in which torrential rain plays a key role that comes to my mind (and good for adults as well as children in my opinion) is Moominsummer Madness by Tove Jansson.

[Dark Puss]

I see that I am probably the antithesis of all the virtues extolled in your poem. Thus you are generous indeed to count me amongst your friends. Both heaven and hell are giving me a bit of a hard time at the moment; lucky I'm an atheist!

[Lindsay]

See this! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8155883.stm

[Dark Puss]

Thank you!