I.

A LADY a party of pleasure made,
And she planned her scheme right well
And early and late this party filled
The head of the demoiselle.

II.

It rained all day and it rained all night,
It rained when morning broke,
It rained when the maiden went to sleep,
And it rained when she awoke.

III.

Peevish and fretful the maiden grew,
When the hour of noon was gone;
But the merry clouds knew nothing of that,
And the rain kept pouring on.

IV.

The weather has got no business with us,
And we have none with the weather,
And temper and weather are different things,
But they always go together.

V.

Oh! anger and beauty, my lady dear,
Will never agree to share
That little white brow that lifts its arch
Through the parting of thy hair.

VI.

The mists are strewn all over the hills,
And the valleys are ringing with floods,
And the heavy drops on the flat broad leaves
Are making strange sounds in the woods.

VII.

Angels are round thee and Heaven's above,
And thy soul is alive within;
Shall a rainy day and a cloudy sky
Make a Christian heart to sin?

VIII.

O wait for the sunset's dusky gold
On the side of yon mountain glen,
And seek the lone seat where the foxgloves grow,
And smile at thy folly then.