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 The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound 
thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, read more 
 The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound 
thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it 
goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit. 
 The faint old man shall lean his silver head
 To feel thee; thou shalt kiss the child asleep,
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 The faint old man shall lean his silver head
 To feel thee; thou shalt kiss the child asleep,
  And dry the moistened curls that overspread
   His temples, while his breathing grows more deep. 
 When the stormy winds do blow;
 When the battle rages loud and long,
  And the stormy winds read more 
 When the stormy winds do blow;
 When the battle rages loud and long,
  And the stormy winds do blow. 
 The wind moans, like a long wail from some despairing soul shut 
out in the awful storm!  
 The wind moans, like a long wail from some despairing soul shut 
out in the awful storm! 
 In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he 
stayeth his rough wind in the day read more 
 In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he 
stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind. 
 The wind, the wandering wind
 Of the golden summer eyes--
  Whence is the thrilling magic
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 The wind, the wandering wind
 Of the golden summer eyes--
  Whence is the thrilling magic
   Of its tunes amongst the leaves?
    Oh, is it from the waters,
     Or from the long, tall grass?
      Or is it from the hollow rocks
       Through which its breathings pass? 
 The wind's in the east. . . . I am always conscious of an 
uncomfortable sensation now and then read more 
 The wind's in the east. . . . I am always conscious of an 
uncomfortable sensation now and then when the wind is blowing in 
the east. 
 It's a warm wind, the west wind, full of birds' cries;
 I never hear the west wind but tears read more 
 It's a warm wind, the west wind, full of birds' cries;
 I never hear the west wind but tears are in my eyes.
  For it comes from the west lands, the old brown hills,
   And April's in the West wind, and daffodils. 
 Wind of the sunny south! oh, still delay
 In the gay woods and in the golden air,
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 Wind of the sunny south! oh, still delay
 In the gay woods and in the golden air,
  Like to a good old age released from care,
   Journeying, in long serenity, away.
    In such a bright, late quiet, would that I
     Might wear out life like thee, mid bowers and brooks,
      And, dearer yet, the sunshine of kind looks,
       And music of kind voices ever nigh;
        And when my last sand twinkled in the glass,
         Pass silently from men as thou dost pass.