The Breaking of the Drought - A poem by Frederick J. Atwood

The Breaking of the Drought.

Listen! ^__ it rains; it rains!
   The prayer of the grass is heard;
The thirsty ground drinks eagerly
   As a famished man eats bread.
The moan of the trees is hushed,
   And the violets under the banks
Lift up their heads so gratefully,
   And smilingly give thanks.

May, 1902.

^__Frederick J. Atwood