Poem-a-Day

^{(To the South Wind)}

O Wind, hast thou a sigh
   Robbed from her lips divine
Upon this sunbright day—
   A token or a sign?

Oh, take me, Wind, into
   Thy confidence, and tell
Me, whispering soft and low,
   The secrets of the dell.

Oh, teach me what it is
   The meadow flowers say
As to and fro they nod
   Thro’ all the golden day.

Oh, hear, Wind of the South,
   And whispering softer yet,
Unfold the story of
   The lone pine tree’s regret.

Oh, waft me echoes sweet
   That haunt the meadow glen—
The scent of new-mown hay,
   And songs of harvest men;

The coolness of the sea
   And forest dark and deep—
The soft reed notes of Pan,
   And bleat of straying sheep.

Oh, make me, Wind, to know
   The language of the bee—
The burden of the wild
   Bird’s rapturous melody;

The password of the leaves
   Upon the cottonwood;
And let me join them in
   Their mystic brotherhood.