OCR Text |
Show ? i r IN THE RAIN. In the rain t Perched upon my windowpnno , Bt a sparrow sleek nnd vnin, r pj. Wondrous -wise, all sound nnd sane, A Chirping sharp a pert refrain) . TT "let me In!" t. "Let mo In!" IV 1 1 1 Fast the rnln Pushes o'er the window-pano; Why should sparrow not complain, Bcnrco ft foothold to retain! Holder now her shrill refrain! i"Lct me inl" "Let me in!" How the rain Surecs 'gainst my window p-inc; I will breist it might and main, k Open wide; now, not in ainl I Bottbc wee thing's glad refrain; TW am in!" "I am inl" Fierce the rain I fitrufc-thng at mv w indovv-p-ine. f , ITarkt mid city's roir nnd din , iVoices of human waifs in sin! Out ofthc darksome street and line, c t.iW,t,li .ni0?in of,W'il',, cries of pain, Fobbint- like the sobbing run, This, O God, the sad refrain: I "Take me in!" , "Take me in!" -Frances Fenton Sanborn, in the Boston Transcript. |