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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow said: Into each life some rain must fall, some days must... and: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes (the most popular American Poet in the 19th century, 1807-1882) Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes (the most popular American Poet in the 19th century, 1807-1882)
I enjoyed the sound of rain on my window and my roof. The next day, I was telling the story to a friend, but I couldn't find a good word to describe the sound of rain. The closest thing I had in my mind was the word impinge, which I had seen in a sentence from James Joyce. I heard the rain impinge upon the earth -- James Joyce. Impinge precisely captures all I want to convey about my experience with the sound of the rain, but it is too formal for a conversation with a friend.