The wind is still, The cloud is dark, The sky is heavy There is strange quietude in all the hoods Silence enough to bury a child in deep fear Suddenly there is a great sound like the scary feet of ten thousand matching soldiers everywhere,sound so strong and terrific, Both on top of the roofs and on land . It is the sound of a heavy rain. Rain so fury as of the era of Noah, So it rains heavily, very heavy. Rain enough to float a ship,so it rains.