A Century of Roundels by Algernon Charles Swinburne
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Pass and return and relapse aside.
Ye see not, but hear ye not wild wings flying To the future that wakes from the past that died? Is grief still sleeping, is joy not sighing Outside? THE WAY OF THE WIND The wind's way in the deep sky's hollow None may measure, as none can say How the heart in her shows the swallow The wind's way. Hope nor fear can avail to stay Waves that whiten on wrecks that wallow, Times and seasons that wane and slay. Life and love, till the strong night swallow Thought and hope and the red last ray, Swim the waters of years that follow The wind's way. 'HAD I WIST' |
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