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 I hear the wind among the trees
 Playing the celestial symphonies;
  I see the branches downward bent,
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 I hear the wind among the trees
 Playing the celestial symphonies;
  I see the branches downward bent,
   Like keys of some great instrument. 
 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. 
 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? 
 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. 
 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. 
 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. 
 Chill airs and wintry winds! my ear
 Has grown familiar with your song;
  I hear it in read more 
 Chill airs and wintry winds! my ear
 Has grown familiar with your song;
  I hear it in the opening year,
   I listen, and it cheers me long. 
 As winds come whispering lightly from the West,
 Kissing, not ruffling, the blue deep's serene.  
 As winds come whispering lightly from the West,
 Kissing, not ruffling, the blue deep's serene. 
To a crazy ship all winds are contrary.
To a crazy ship all winds are contrary.