THE RAINY DAY
The day is cold, and dark, and dreary;
It rains, and the wind is never weary;
The vine still clings to the mouldering wall,
But at every gust the dead leaves fall,
And the day is dark and dreary.
My life is cold, and dark, and dreary;
It rains, and the wind is never weary;
My thoughts still cling to the mouldering Past,
But the hopes of youth fall thick in the blast,
And the days are dark and dreary.
Be still, sad heart! and cease repining;
Behind the clouds is the sun still shining;
Thy fate is the common fate of all,
Into each life some rain must fall,
Some days must be dark and dreary.
-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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I had no idea that line — “Into each life, some rain must fall” — was from Longfellow. I heard it often from my mother when some tragedy (like a damaged bicycle tire) had struck.
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I didn’t finish watching it yet, but in this talk by Dana Gioia I did hear him say that Longfellow is probably is best known, but often anonymously, for quotes such as that, and he gives several examples.
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My mother, too!
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Here’s a poem I really like and although it’s not rainy today I feel Longfellow’s low mood. Some days just are less enjoyable than others.
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I feel his mood sometimes. Glad for his reassuring, hopeful last stanza. I recognize the quote ‘into each life some rain must fall’ – I don’t know if I knew it was Longfellow’s. Thank you for sharing this, Gretchen.
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I like the tiny addition of “some” to the last repeating line. And one day, nothing will be dark and dreary. Come, Lord Jesus, come!
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