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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
RAINY SONG, by MAX EASTMAN First Line: Down the dripping pathway dancing through the rain Last Line: Young love, the strong love, burning in the rain. Subject(s): Love | |||
Down the dripping pathway dancing through the rain, Brown eyes of beauty, laugh to me again! Eyes full of starlight, moist over fire, Full of young wonder, touch my desire! O like a brown bird, like a bird's flight, Run through the rain drops lithely and light. Body like a gypsy, like a wild queen, Slim brown dress to slip through the green -- The little leaves hold you as soft as a child, The little path loves you, the path that runs wild. Who would not love you, seeing you move, Warm-eyed and beautiful through the green grove? Let the rain kiss you, trickle through your hair, Laugh if my fingers mingle with it there, Laugh if my cheek too is misty and drips -- Wetness is tender -- laugh on my lips The happy sweet laughter of love without pain, Young love, the strong love, burning in the rain. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE INVENTION OF LOVE by MATTHEA HARVEY TWO VIEWS OF BUSON by ROBERT HASS A LOVE FOR FOUR VOICES: HOMAGE TO FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN by ANTHONY HECHT AN OFFERING FOR PATRICIA by ANTHONY HECHT LATE AFTERNOON: THE ONSLAUGHT OF LOVE by ANTHONY HECHT |
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