Flickering of incessant rain

On flashing pavements;

Sudden scurry of umbrellas;

Bending recurved blossoms of the storm.

The winds came clanging and clattering

From long white highroads whipping in ribbons up summits;

They strew upon the city gusty wafts of apple-blossom,

And the rustling of innumerable translucent leaves.

Uneven tinkling, the lazy rain

Dripping from the eaves.