Rainy Day

<SPAN name="startofbook"></SPAN> <h1><SPAN name="THE_RAINY_DAY"></SPAN>THE RAINY DAY.</h1> <p class="stanza">The day is cold, and dark, and dreary;<br/> It rains, and the wind is never weary;<br/> The vine still clings to the moldering wall,<br/> But at every gust the dead leaves fall,<br/> <span class="i2">And the day is dark and dreary.</span></p> <p class="stanza">My life is cold, and dark, and dreary;<br/> It rains, and the wind is never weary;<br/> My thoughts still cling to the moldering Past,<br/> But the hopes of youth fall thick in the blast,<br/> <span class="i2">And the days are dark and dreary.</span></p> <p class="stanza">Be still, sad heart! and cease repining;<br/> Behind the clouds is the sun still shining;<br/> Thy fate is the common fate of all,<br/> Into each life some rain must fall,<br/> <span class="i2">Some days must be dark and dreary.</span></p> <p class="signature">HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW.</p> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />