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TO THE SUMMER WIND by JOHN BANISTER TABB

First Line: ART THOU THE SELFSAME WIND THAT BLEW
Last Line: STILL WANDERING THE WORLD WITH THEE?
Subject(s): WIND;

ART thou the selfsame wind that blew
When I was but a boy?
Thy voice is like the voice I knew,
And yet the thrill of joy
Has softened to a sadder tone --
Perchance the echo of mine own.

Beside a sea of memories
In solitude I dwell:
Upon the shore forsaken lies
Alas! no murmuring shell!
Are all the voices lost to me
Still wandering the world with thee?



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