There trudges one to a merry-making <br />With sturdy swing, <br />On whom the rain comes down. <br /> <br />To fetch the saving medicament <br />Is another bent, <br />On whom the rain comes down. <br /> <br />One slowly drives his herd to the stall <br />Ere ill befall, <br />On whom the rain comes down. <br /> <br />This bears his missives of life and death <br />With quickening breath, <br />On whom the rain comes down. <br /> <br />One watches for signals of wreck or war <br />From the hill afar, <br />On whom the rain comes down. <br /> <br />No care if he gain a shelter or none, <br />Unhired moves on, <br />On whom the rain comes down. <br /> <br />And another knows nought of its chilling fall <br />Upon him aat all, <br />On whom the rain comes down. <br /> <br />October 1904<br /><br />Thomas Hardy<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/an-autumn-rain-scene/
