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“The Wind”
Robert Louis Stevenson
 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!
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