I see no sun or sky, I only see
My own Umbrella!
"No sun, no moon," as HOOD wrote long ago,
"No sky," no star—called, by the Romans, stella—
Like negative November here below,
My own Umbrella!
Think not of "AMARYLLIS in the shade"!
Can I play tennis in the rain with BELLA,
Holding aloft, while through the flood I wade,
My own Umbrella?