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THE WIND AND IT WAS WINDY WEATHER by JAMES STEPHENS

First Line: NOW THE WINDS ARE RIDING BY
Last Line: ALL THE FREEDOM OF THE SKY!
Subject(s): FLIGHT; WIND; FLYING;

Now the winds are riding by;
Clouds are galloping the sky;

Bush and tree are lashing bare,
Savage boughs on savage air!

Crying, as they lash and sway,
-- Pull the roots out of the clay!

Lift away: away:
Away!

Leave security, and speed
From the root, the mud, the mead!

Into sea, and air, we go!
To chase the gull! the Moon! and know,

-- Flying high!
Flying high! --

All the freedom of the sky!
All the freedom of the sky!




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