Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE UNKNOWN WIND, by DOROTHY BURGESS


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THE UNKNOWN WIND, by                    
First Line: Wind from beyond the worlds, wind without sound
Last Line: I would be swift upon a way you know.
Subject(s): Wind


Wind from beyond the worlds, wind without sound,
Wind of no season and no certain name,
I dreamed, and as I dreamed, unknown you came.
Moving between the trees, along the ground,
No leaf bent to your breath, no branch was found
Broken and dropped. You did not mar nor maim
One blade of grass, but whispering, went, the same
Wind of no cold, no warmth, wind outward bound.

There is a garden where you sometimes stir
Water to cloudy blue, and sometimes lift
Smooth leaves to let the golden sunlight sift
Across the hair and eyes and hands of her
Who waits alone. Wind, is it far to go?
I would be swift upon a way you know.





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