The Rainbow

Soft falls the shower, the thunders cease!

And see the messenger of peace

Illumes the eastern skies;

Blest sign of firm unchanging love!

While others seek the cause to prove,

That bids thy beauties rise.

My soul, content with humbler views,

Well pleased admires thy varied hues,

And can with joy behold

Thy beauteous form, and wondering gaze

Enraptured on thy mingled rays

Of purple, green, and gold.

Enough for me to deem divine

The hand that paints each glowing line;

To think that thou art given

A transient gleam of that bright place

Where Beauty owns celestial grace,

A faint display of Heaven!