The rain began again. It fell heavily, easily, with no meaning or intention but the fulfilment of its own nature, which was to fall and fall.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The rain begins with a single drop.
The drops of rain make a hole in the stone, not by violence, but by oft falling.
It's a relief to hear the rain. It's the sound of billions of drops, all equal, all equally committed to falling, like a sudden outbreak of democracy. Water, when it hits the ground, instantly becomes a puddle or rivulet or flood.
Into each life some rain must fall.
When it rains, it pours - figuratively and literally.
The town caught fire in several places, shells crashed and burst, and solid shot rained like hail.
Rain is grace; rain is the sky descending to the earth; without rain, there would be no life.
In Scotland, beautiful as it is, it was always raining. Even when it wasn't raining, it was about to rain, or had just rained. It's a very angry sky.
The rain, which had continued yesterday and last night, ceased this morning. We then proceeded, and after passing two small islands about ten miles further, stopped for the night at Piper's landing, opposite another island.
Thy fate is the common fate of all; Into each life some rain must fall.
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