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 Where hast thou wandered. gentle gale, to find
 The perfumes thou dost bring?  
 Where hast thou wandered. gentle gale, to find
 The perfumes thou dost bring? 
 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. 
 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. 
But certain winds will make men's temper bad.
But certain winds will make men's temper bad.
 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. 
 A litle wind kindles; much puts out the fire.
 [A little wind kindles; much puts out the fire.]  
 A litle wind kindles; much puts out the fire.
 [A little wind kindles; much puts out the fire.] 
 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. 
 The winds that never moderation knew,
 Afraid to blow too much, too faintly blew;
  Or out of read more 
 The winds that never moderation knew,
 Afraid to blow too much, too faintly blew;
  Or out of breath with joy, could not enlarge
   Their straighten'd lungs or conscious of their charge. 
To a crazy ship all winds are contrary.
To a crazy ship all winds are contrary.