Lyric Poem · Nature
Like Rain it sounded till it curved
Like Rain it sounded till it curved
And then I new 'twas Wind —
It walked as wet as any Wave
But swept as dry as sand —
When it had pushed itself away
To some remotest Plain
A coming as of Hosts was heard
It filled the Wells, it pleased the Pools
It warbled in the Road —
It pulled the spigot from the Hills
And let the Floods abroad —
It loosened acres, lifted seas
The sites of Centres stirred
Then like Elijah rode away
Upon a Wheel of Cloud.
This poem is in the public domain.
“Like Rain it sounded till it curved” by Emily Dickinson — quilloak.com/poems/like-rain-it-sounded-till-it-curved
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