It Rains + 

It rains, and nothing stirs within the fence + 

Anywhere through the orchard’s untrodden, dense + 

Forest of parsley. The great diamonds + 

Of rain on the grass-blades there is none to break, + 

Or the fallen petals further down to shake. + 

And I am nearly as happy as possible + 

To search the wilderness in vain though well, + 

To think of two walking, kissing there, + 

Drenched, yet forgetting the kisses of the rain: + 

Sad, too, to think that never, never again, + 

Unless alone, so happy shall I walk + 

In the rain. When I turn away, on its fine stalk + 

Twilight has fined to naught, the parsley flower + 

Figures, suspended still and ghostly white, + 

The past hovering as it revisits the light. + 