toheaven

Updated: May 17, 2025

At the entrance of the village stood a large wooden crucifix; around which was a crowd of priests and peasants, kneeling in the wet grass, by the roadside, with their hands and eyes lifted toheaven, and praying for rain. Their prayer was soon answered. The travellers drove on with the driving wind and rain. They had come from Landeck, and hoped to reach Innsbruck before midnight.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Hyperion