Singing in the Rain by Eben E. Rexford

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Feb 3, 1909

Singing in the Rain.

By Eben E. Rexford

(Eben E. Rexford, in S. S. Times.)

LAST night I heard a robin singing in the rain, And the raindrops' patter made a sweet refrain, Making all the sweeter the music of the strain.

So, I thought, when trouble comes, as trouble will, Why should I stop singing? Just beyond the hill It may be that sunshine floods the green world still.

He who faces trouble with a heart of cheer Makes the burden lighter. If there falls a tear, Sweeter is the cadence in the song we hear.

I have learned your lesson, bird of dappled wing, Listening to your music with its lilt of spring,— When the storm-cloud darkens, then's the time to sing.