The Rainy Day

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1842) — a poem card from Justes Mots

The gentlest consolation: into each life some rain must fall — be still, sad heart, the sun is still behind the cloud.

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,
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Themes: recovery · encouragement