Like Rain it sounded till it swelled lyrics

Like Rain it sounded till it curved

And then I knew 'twas Wind —

It walked as wet as any Wave

But swept as dry as Sand —

When it had pushed itself away

To some remotest Plain

A coming as of Hosts was heard

That was indeed the Rain -

It filled the Wells, it pleased the Pools

It warbled in the Road —

It pulled the spigot from the Hills

And let the Floods abroad —

It loosened acres, lifted seas

The sites of Centres stirred

Then like Elijah rode away

Upon a Wheel of Cloud —