Poems (Procter)/The Voice of the Wind
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ET us throw more logs on the fire!
We have need of a cheerful light,
And close round the hearth to gather
For the wind has risen to-night.
With the mournful sound of its wailing
It has checked the children's glee,
And it calls with a louder clamor
Than the clamor of the sea.
Hark to the voice of the wind!
THE VOICE OF THE WIND.
ET us throw more logs on the fire!We have need of a cheerful light,
And close round the hearth to gather
For the wind has risen to-night.
With the mournful sound of its wailing
It has checked the children's glee,
And it calls with a louder clamor
Than the clamor of the sea.
Hark to the voice of the wind!
Let us listen to what it is saying,
Let us hearken to where it has been;
For it tells, in its terrible crying,
The fearful sights it has seen.
It clatters loud at the casements,
Round the house it hurries on,
And shrieks with redoubled fury
When we say, "The blast is gone!"
Hark to the voice of the wind!
Let us hearken to where it has been;
For it tells, in its terrible crying,
The fearful sights it has seen.
It clatters loud at the casements,
Round the house it hurries on,
And shrieks with redoubled fury
When we say, "The blast is gone!"
Hark to the voice of the wind!
It has been on the field of battle,
Where the dying and wounded lie;
And it brings the last groan they uttered,
And the ravenous vulture's cry.
It has been where the icebergs were meeting,
And closed with a fearful crash:
On shores where no foot has wandered
It has heard the waters dash.
Hark to the voice of the wind!
Where the dying and wounded lie;
And it brings the last groan they uttered,
And the ravenous vulture's cry.
It has been where the icebergs were meeting,
And closed with a fearful crash:
On shores where no foot has wandered
It has heard the waters dash.
Hark to the voice of the wind!
It has been on the desolate ocean
When the lightning struck the mast;
It has heard the cry of the drowning
Who sank as it hurried past;
The words of despair and anguish
That were heard by no living ear,
The gun that no signal answered,
It brings them all to us here.
Hark to the voice of the wind!
When the lightning struck the mast;
It has heard the cry of the drowning
Who sank as it hurried past;
The words of despair and anguish
That were heard by no living ear,
The gun that no signal answered,
It brings them all to us here.
Hark to the voice of the wind!
It has been on the lonely moorland,
Where the treacherous snow-drift lies,
Where the traveller, spent and weary,
Gasped fainter and fainter cries;
It has heard the bay of the bloodhounds
On the track of the hunted slave,
The lash and the curse of the master,
And the groan that the captive gave.
Hark to the voice of the wind!
Where the treacherous snow-drift lies,
Where the traveller, spent and weary,
Gasped fainter and fainter cries;
It has heard the bay of the bloodhounds
On the track of the hunted slave,
The lash and the curse of the master,
And the groan that the captive gave.
Hark to the voice of the wind!
It has swept through the gloomy forest,
Where the sledge was urged to its speed;
Where the howling wolves were rushing
On the track of the panting steed.
Where the pool was black and lonely,
I caught up a splash and a cry,—
Only he bleak sky heard it,
And the wind as it hurried by.
Hark to the voice of the wind!
Where the sledge was urged to its speed;
Where the howling wolves were rushing
On the track of the panting steed.
Where the pool was black and lonely,
I caught up a splash and a cry,—
Only he bleak sky heard it,
And the wind as it hurried by.
Hark to the voice of the wind!
Then throw more logs on the fire,
Since the air is bleak and cold,
And the children are drawing nigher,
For the tales that the wind has told.
So closer and closer gather
Round the red and crackling light;
And rejoice (while the wind is blowing)
We are safe and warm to-night.
Hark to the voice of the wind!
Since the air is bleak and cold,
And the children are drawing nigher,
For the tales that the wind has told.
So closer and closer gather
Round the red and crackling light;
And rejoice (while the wind is blowing)
We are safe and warm to-night.
Hark to the voice of the wind!