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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE WIND BLOWS SOFT, by ALEXANDER ANDERSON Poet's Biography First Line: The wind blows soft, and cool, and sweet Alternate Author Name(s): Surfaceman Subject(s): Childhood Memories; Conduct Of Life | |||
THE wind blows soft, and cool, and sweet, As it blew in my infancy; And as leaves burst out when their juice grows sweet, So my thoughts rise up in me. And again, with my bosom beating high, I enter my boyhood land, While the dreams that fade but can never die, Come and take me by the hand; And they lead me away from my daily thought, Then leave me as whispers die, Lying all alone in some fairy spot, Looking up to the summer sky. And the sunlight, as soft as a maiden's breath, Comes cool through the leaves above, And lights on my brow with a steadfast faith, And an all-unchanging love. Ah! thus it fell in the long ago, When my heart beat firm and strong, And my spirit leapt up with its brightest glow, At the first sweet breath of song. Then there fell a light on field and hill; But that light has lost its glow, Yet my heart at times feels its sweetness still, As I feel the sunlight now; And from out that sweetness comes and goes, Like the gush of summer springs, The music that trembles within, and flows From the sunshine of vanish'd things. And through all my life, as I work away, That music follows me Speaking out, in the pauses of the day, In many a melody. Thus it comes that my heart still keeps its prime, And, when sunlight is sweet and strong, Dreams itself away to that boyhood time And its first wild gush of song. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...INTRODUCTION TO THE WORLD by MATTHEA HARVEY SLOWLY: I FREQUENTLY SLOWLY WISH by LYN HEJINIAN MY LIFE: YET WE INSIST THAT LIFE IS FULL OF HAPPY CHANCE by LYN HEJINIAN CHAPTER HEADING by ERNEST HEMINGWAY PUNK HALF PANTHER by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA A CERTAIN MAN by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA GREEN-STRIPED MELONS by JANE HIRSHFIELD LIKE THE SMALL HOLE BY THE PATH-SIDE SOMETHING LIVES IN by JANE HIRSHFIELD |
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