If Gideon's fleece, which drenched with dew he found, <br />White moisture none refreshed the herbs around, <br />Might fitly represent the Church, endowed <br />With heavenly gifts to heathens not allowed; <br />In pledge, perhaps, of favours from on high, <br />Thy locks were wet when others' locks were dry. <br />Heaven grant us half the omen,--may we see <br />Not drought on others, but much dew on thee!<br /><br />William Cowper<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/to-a-young-friend-on-his-arriving-at-cambridge-wet-when-no-rain-had-fallen-there/
