Light falls the rain <br />On link and laine, <br />After the burning day; <br />And the bright scene, <br />Blue, gold, and green, <br />Is blotted out in gray. <br /> <br />Not so will part <br />The glowing heart <br />With sunny hours gone by; <br />On cliff and hill <br />There lingers still <br />A light that cannot die. <br /> <br />Like a gold crown <br />Gorse decks the Down, <br />All sapphire lies the sea; <br />And incense sweet <br />Springs as our feet <br />Tread light the thymy lea. <br /> <br />Fade, vision bright! <br />Fall rain, fall night! <br />Forget, gray world, thy green! <br />For us, nor thee, <br />Can all days be <br />As though this had not been!<br /><br />Francis William Bourdillon<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/on-the-south-downs/
