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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WIND, by FANNIE STEARNS DAVIS GIFFORD Poet's Biography
First Line: The wind bows down the poplar trees
Last Line: Under his hand of memory.
Alternate Author Name(s): Davis, Fannie Stearns
Subject(s): Wind
First Line: The wind bows down the poplar trees
Last Line: Under his hand of memory.
Alternate Author Name(s): Davis, Fannie Stearns
Subject(s): Wind
THE Wind bows down the poplar-trees,
The Wind bows down the crested seas;
And he has bowed the heart of me
Under his hand of memory.
O heavy-handed Wind, who goes
Hurting the petals of the rose;
Who leaves the grasses on the hill
Broken and pallid, spent and still!
O heavy-handed Wind, who brings
To me all echoing ancient things:
Echoing sorrow and defeat,
Crying like mourners, hard to meet!
The Wind bows down the poplar-trees
And all the ocean's argosies;
But deeper bends the heart of me
Under his hand of memory.
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