The Rainbow By Henry Beer (Poem)

 

The Rainbow

By Henry Beer

My lad exclaimed with wonder,

As storm clouds had passed by,

"O father, see the rainbow

Up yonder in the sky!"

The storm of summer evening

Had passed to eastern skies.

We saw the rainbow's beauty

Displayed before our eyes.

And thus I found occasion,

In reverent tones and low,

To tell my lad the story

Of that first wondrous bow.

I told him of the waters

Which covered sea and land;

How God preserved the righteous

With His almighty hand.

I spoke about the rainbow

Which God had placed on high,

With colors most majestic,

Alluring to the eye.

The bow has seven colors

Which we can well behold;

Of yellow, red, green, violet,

Blue, indigo, and gold.

The rainbow gives assurance

According to God's word,

That the world by mighty deluge

Ne'er again shall be destroyed.

As children see the beauty

In the color of the bow,

Should not we esteem His promise

As in faith we older grow?

For the rainbow is a symbol

Of the beauty there on high,

And a token of his promise

For a home beyond the sky.

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