The Rain in Portugal- a title that admits he' s not much of a rhymer- sheds Collins' s ironic light on such subjects as travel and art, cats and dogs, loneliness and love, beauty and death. His tones range from the whimsical- “وٰم لهُٱ نُ حىمََفىٌُِٱ . . . / وف�م َُىلمف وٰم”' مْ ى َحىمََفىٌُِٱ”- ُٰوٰم ممٌهىفك ى َف مْفكىٰ َُ ُٰوٰم لمفوٰ نُ سمف�ٱ بمفمَ”....