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Poetry Friday: “The Wind”

February 13th, 2009 · 1 Comment

The Wind
by Robert Louis Stevenson

I saw you toss the kites on high
And blow the birds about the sky;
And all around I heard you pass,
Like ladies’ skirts across the grass

Oh wind, a blowing all day long,
Oh wind, that sings so loud a song!

I saw the different things you did,
But always you yourself you hid.
I felt you push, I heard you call,
I could not see yourself at all

Oh wind, a blowing all day long!
Oh wind, that sings so loud a song!

O you that are so strong and cold,
O blower, are you young or old?
Are you a beast of field and tree,
Or just a stronger child than me?

O wind, a blowing all day long,
O wind, that sings so loud a song!

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  • 1 emily // Feb 19, 2009 at 7:57 pm

    i’m so grateful for poetry fridays – i never read poetry, but sometimes it is just the thing. i’d like to do a print or card of this one. wanna collaborate?

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