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THE WEST WIND by WILLIAM SHARP

First Line: I COME FROM OUT THE WEST
Last Line: WILD TEMPESTS TO EACH SHORE.
Subject(s): SPRING; STORMS; WIND; WINTER;

I come from out the West,
And I breathe a breath of rest,
And the sweet birds greet me singing
From every tiny nest.

I am the wind of flow'rs --
I haunt the wild-wood bow'rs --
And when my song is ringing
Spring knows her sweetest hours.

But when the autumn days
Grow short, I rise and race
Thro' all the woodlands, flinging
Strewn leaves o'er every place.

When winter comes once more,
With deep tumultuous roar
I sweep o'er ocean, bringing
Wild tempests to each shore.



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