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WIND AND CLOUD.
Gliding for ever by woodland and stream
O'er the far forest-gloom and shadow,
Spirit, or Motion—whate'er thou seem—
How do I know that thou dost not dream
By thyself in the moonlit meadow?
O'er the far forest-gloom and shadow,
Spirit, or Motion—whate'er thou seem—
How do I know that thou dost not dream
By thyself in the moonlit meadow?
Sliding alone through the dim-lit grove,
Or held in the hair of the willow,
How do I know thou dost not love
The fleecy cloudlet floating above,
Asleep on thy breast as a pillow?
Or held in the hair of the willow,
How do I know thou dost not love
The fleecy cloudlet floating above,
Asleep on thy breast as a pillow?
Cloudlet, fleeting beneath the moon,
So white from the Western Ocean,
Lovest thou not the whispered tune
That He, thy Companion, late and soon,
Murmurs with myriad emotion?
So white from the Western Ocean,
Lovest thou not the whispered tune
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Murmurs with myriad emotion?
As, far below, o'er the tufted lawn
Dead leaves before him are driven;
While thou art wafted, from dusk to dawn,
In a veil of tender light withdrawn
Amid the stars of heaven.
Dead leaves before him are driven;
While thou art wafted, from dusk to dawn,
In a veil of tender light withdrawn
Amid the stars of heaven.
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