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The Wind

Postby fernmanus » Mon Mar 29, 2004 5:49 am

a poem by Robert Louis Stevenson for my fellow wind addicts

I saw you toss the kites on high
And blow the birds about the sky;
And all around I heard you pass,
Like ladies' skirts across the grass--
O wind, a-blowing all day long,
O wind, that sings so loud a song!

I saw the different things you did,
But always you yourself you hid.
I felt you push, I heard you call,
I could not see yourself at all--
O wind, a-blowing all day long,
O wind, that sings so loud a song!

O you that are so strong and cold,
O blower, are you young or old?
Are you a beast of field and tree,
Or just a stronger child than me?
O wind, a-blowing all day long,
O wind, that sings so loud a song! :thumb:

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Postby Dax » Mon Mar 29, 2004 5:13 pm

Fern, nice poem!

U2's song "Kite" is very appropriate, find myself humming it while checking wind reports:

"...Who's to say where the wind will take you
Who's to say what it is will break you
I don't know
Which way the wind will blow
Who's to know when the time has come around
Don't want to see you cry
I know that this is not goodbye
It's summer, I can taste the salty sea
There's a kite blowing out of control on the breeze
I wonder what's gonna happen to you
You wonder what has happened to me..."

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Postby andy T » Mon Mar 29, 2004 5:22 pm

Awww, you guys............


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