RAIN MUSIC

by: Joseph S. Cotter, Jr. (1895-1919)

      N the dusty earth-drum
      Beats the falling rain;
      Now a whispered murmur,
      Now a louder strain.
       
      Slender, silvery drumsticks,
      On an ancient drum,
      Beat the mellow music
      Bidding life to come.
       
      Chords of earth awakened,
      Notes of greening spring,
      Rise and fall triumphant
      Over every thing.
       
      Slender, silvery drumsticks
      Beat the long tattoo --
      God, the Great Musician,
      Calling life anew.

"Rain Music" is reprinted from The Book of American Negro Poetry. Ed. James Weldon Johnson. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1922.

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