Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, LE VENT DE L'ESPIRIT, by LEWIS MORRIS (1833-1907)


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First Line: The wind that sighs before the dawn
Last Line: Draw warmth and light and life.
Subject(s): Wind


THE wind that sighs before the dawn
Chases the gloom of night,
The curtains of the East are drawn
And suddenly -- 'tis light.

A faint breath wakes the slumbering seas,
Peaks, plains, and forests dim,
The brave birds 'mid the rustling trees
Raise a glad morning hymn.

And all the waiting world around
Adores the coming sun,
New warmth and life, new cheerful sound,
New destinies begun.

So on the old familiar earth,
As on the faintest star,
Where'er a new life comes to birth
The Spirit's breathings are.

Thro' the soul's dim recesses dark
They move ere yet 'tis day,
And she even as the faithful lark
Awaking, soars away.

They blow, they stir the voiceless deep
With winds of fruitful strife,
And from the chills of Death and Sleep
Draw warmth and light and life.





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