A Windy Night.
Oh, for a ride on the wind Vo-Bight ! To mount to a height That should- leave the standstill world behind, And its streets with their feeble light I What might— What joy in a flight On the whirling wings of the wind ! Oh, for a float and a leap, A dive— a sleep On high in the sky I It is cold up there, and dark, and deep— , It is clear, and blight, and high ! And I ory, Let me fly — Let me fly — and laugh — and weep : Oh, the wind iB fieroe and strong I Along, With a mighty song That speak 3to men in an unknown tongue, It rushes and whirls and leaps To the moon With ineffable tune And falia to earth, in c swoon 1
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Tuapeka Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1815, 25 July 1891, Page 1 (Supplement)
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132A Windy Night. Tuapeka Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1815, 25 July 1891, Page 1 (Supplement)
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