The Million Dollar Rain (verse)
Roads, Helen Pursell
The Million Dollar Rain Dawn after dawn flung up the sky Great flags of flaming light; Noon after clanging noon crashed by; Night swooned to breathless night. Men cursed, while ravening sun...
...And then, one vast, black cloud-hulk rolled Above the thirsty plain, And from its lightning riven hold Poured floods of quenching rain...
...Helen Pursell Roads...
...But dream-eyed Joan staid up all night To watch the miracle...
...Men slept, held by the tempest's might In half-sensed lyric thrall...
...Men cursed, while ravening sun dogs leapt Upon their fields and flocks...
...But dream-eyed Joan, prayer spent, bewept Her fainting hollyhocks...
Vol. 2 • September 1925 • No. 19
