In time of silver rain
The earth
Puts forth new life again
Green grasses grow
And flowers lift their heads
And over all the plain
The wonder spreads

Of life,
Of life,
Of life!

In time of silver rain
The butterflies
Lift silken wings
To catch a rainbow
And trees put forth
New leaves to sing
In joy beneath the sky
As down the roadway
Passing, boys and girls
go singing too,
In time of silver rain

When spring
And life.
Are new.
-Langston Hughes