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The April Shower. (From The Villager's Verse-Book.)

By William Lisle Bowles

Topics: classic

When rain-drops, glistening from the thatch,     Like drops of silver run,     Our old blind grandame lifts the latch,     To feel the cheering sun.      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.      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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About William Lisle Bowles

William Lisle Bowles is a distinguished poet whose works have shaped the landscape of English literature. Their poetry explores the depths of human emotion, nature, love, and philosophical thought through powerful and evocative verse. Readers continue to find solace, inspiration, and beauty in their timeless words.

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