a face I know is beautiful

    The monotone of the rain is beautiful,

And the sudden rise and slow relapse

Of the long multitudinous rain.

   The sun on the hills is beautiful,

Or a captured sunset sea-flung,

Bannered with fire and gold.

   A face I know is beautiful—

With fire and gold of sky and sea,

And the peace of long arm rain.

[Carl Sandburg {1878-1967} 'Monotone', from Chicago Poems]