Rain in the Mountains
Rain in the Mountains - meaning Summary
Rain as Fleeting Sorrow
Lawson paints a misty mountain scene whose weather reflects intimate feeling. Heavy rain, grey skies and roaring eucalypts set a bleak, enclosing mood. The speaker links the landscape to personal sorrow, acknowledging the storm will pass yet admitting grief endures longer. The closing lines offer a cautious hope: a future golden afternoon may come, suggesting consolation and patience amid persistent melancholy.
Read Complete AnalysesThe Valley’s full of misty cloud, Its tinted beauty drowning, The Eucalypti roar aloud, The mountain fronts are frowning. The mist is hanging like a pall From many granite ledges, And many a little waterfall Starts o’er the valley’s edges. The sky is of a leaden grey, Save where the north is surly, The driven daylight speeds away, And night comes o’er us early. But, love, the rain will pass full soon, Far sooner than my sorrow, And in a golden afternoon The sun may set to-morrow.
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