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Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). The New Poetry: An Anthology. 1917.

Rain in the Hills

William H. Simpson

WERE I the rain

Coming over the hills—

I should be glad

That my cool fingers could ease the little fevers of dusty water-holes,

And caress curled leaves of the cottonwoods.

The herd,

Pawing, bellowing, would let me quiet them,

Standing in fresh pools by dusty water-holes—

If I were the rain

Coming over the hills.