The Wind by Robert Louis Stevenson - Piece for Speech Choir - Thinkers, Writers & English Lovers Corner

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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