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 An ill wind that bloweth no man good--
 The blower of which blast is she.  
 An ill wind that bloweth no man good--
 The blower of which blast is she. 
 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. 
 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.] 
 Madame, bear in mind
 That princes govern all things--save the wind.  
 Madame, bear in mind
 That princes govern all things--save the wind. 
 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. 
 A breeze came wandering from the sky,
 Light as the whispers of a dream;
  He put the read more 
 A breeze came wandering from the sky,
 Light as the whispers of a dream;
  He put the o'erhanging grasses by,
   And softly stooped to kiss the stream,
    The pretty stream, the flattered stream,
     The shy, yet unreluctant stream. 
 Perhaps the wind
 Wails so in winter for the summer's dead,
  And all sad sounds are nature's read more 
 Perhaps the wind
 Wails so in winter for the summer's dead,
  And all sad sounds are nature's funeral cries
   For what has been and is not. 
 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. 
 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.