Nevertheless afterward" (Heb.
There is a legend that tells of a German baron who, at his castle on the Rhine, stretched wires from tower to tower, that the winds might convert them into an Aeolian harp. And the soft breezes played about the castle, but no music was born.
But one night there arose a great tempest, and hill and castle were smitten by the fury of the mighty winds. The baron went to the threshold to look out upon the terror of the storm, and the Aeolian harp was filling the air with strains that rang out even above the clamor of the tempest. It needed the tempest to bring out the music
And have we not known men whose lives have not given out any entrancing music in the day of a calm prosperity, but who, when the tempest drove against them have astonished their fellows by the power and strength of their music
Rain, rain
Beating against the pane
How endlessly it pours
Out of doors
From the blackened sky
I wonder why
Flowers, flowers
Upspringing after showers
Blossoming fresh and fair
Everywhere
Ah, God has explained
Why it rained