Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE WINDS OF DAY AND NIGHT, by RUSSELL LORD


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THE WINDS OF DAY AND NIGHT, by                    
First Line: Awake! Away! / urges the wind today
Last Line: And the mothering winds of night sweep on!
Subject(s): Night; Peace; Bedtime


A WAKE! Away!
Urges the wind today.
Follow me, follow me far away!
Leave your body to toil and pine
But cast your soul in the midst of mine.
Let it blow wherever I go,—
Up to the skies or out to sea,
Over the hills to a fair country.
Give me your soul at morning dew;
At dusk I'll bring it back to you,
As clean as I and as glad and high.
What do you say?
Urges the wind today.

Peace! Be still!
Over the darkened hill,
Blessing, caressing the sleeping land
With the lingered touch of a mother's hand,
Airily poised, with footsteps light,
Haltingly wander the winds tonight,
Pausing here and again to see
That all things are as they ought to be.
They do not speak, they do not sing
Or challenge the soul to anything.
Only they move, and their passing by
Is the rise and fall of a lullaby.
Rustle and thrill, rustle and thrill
Hear how it blesses, caresses and thrills.
Rustle and thrill! Peace, be still!
Far away o'er the western hill
The master wind of the day is gone,
And the mothering winds of night sweep on!





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