The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plains,
But I intend to find out one fine day
Just how the rain can know to stay away
From mountains? Tell me why the rain abstains
From drenching beaches, why it takes such pains
To spare the hills from showers? Come what may,
Whatever game the Spanish raindrops play
Is different from the game of English rains.
If Spain has different raindrops, are its leaves
As well distinct? Its stars? Its moons? Its suns?
(My questions multiply to fill vast sheaves
And new ones venture forth with every breath!).
In fair Pamplona, where the great bull runs,
Is there no rain, just blood and sand and death?
|