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An Autumn Rain-Scene

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There trudges one to a merry-making     With a sturdy swing,     On whom the rain comes down.     To fetch the saving medicament     Is another bent,     On whom the rain comes down.     One slowly drives his herd to the stall     Ere ill befall,     On whom the rain comes down.     This bears his missives of life and death     With quickening breath,     On whom the rain comes down.     One watches for signals of wreck or war     From the hill afar,     On whom the rain comes down.     No care if he gain a shelter or none,     Unhired moves one,     On whom the rain comes down.     And another knows nought of its chilling fall     Upon him at all,     On whom the rain comes down.     October 1904.

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