| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895. |
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| Wind of Summer |
| | | Michael Field |
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| O WIND, thou hast thy kingdom in the trees, | |
| And all thy royalties | |
| Sweep through the land to-day. | |
| It is mid June, | |
| And thou, with all thine instruments in tune, | 5 |
| Thine orchestra | |
| Of heaving fields, and heavy, swinging fir, | |
| Strikest a lay | |
| That doth rehearse | |
| Her ancient freedom to the universe. | 10 |
| All other sound in awe | |
| Repeals its law; | |
| The bird is mute, the sea | |
| Sucks up its waves, from rain | |
| The burthened clouds refrain, | 15 |
| To listen to thee in thy leafery, | |
| Thou unconfined, | |
| Lavish, large, soothing, refluent summer-wind. | |
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