263. The Rainy Day by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
b'Longfellow read by Classic Poetry Aloud:\\nhttp://www.classicpoetryaloud.com/\\n\\nGiving voice to the poetry of the past.\\n\\n---------------------------------------------\\n\\nThe Rainy Day\\nby Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 \\u2013 1882)\\n\\nThe day is cold, and dark, and dreary;\\nIt rains, and the wind is never weary;\\nThe vine still clings to the mouldering wall,\\nBut at every gust the dead leaves fall,\\n And the day is dark and dreary.\\n\\nMy life is cold, and dark, and dreary;\\nIt rains, and the wind is never weary;\\nMy thoughts still cling to the mouldering Past,\\nBut the hopes of youth fall thick in the blast,\\n And the days are dark and dreary.\\n\\nBe still, sad heart! and cease repining;\\nBehind the clouds is the sun still shining;\\nThy fate is the common fate of all,\\nInto each life some rain must fall,\\n Some days must be dark and dreary.\\n\\n\\nFor hundreds more poetry readings, visit the Classic Poetry Aloud index.\\n\\nReading \\xa9 Classic Poetry Aloud 2008'