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THE WIND
- THE wind sat idle all day long,
- No work to do had he,
- He hummed aloud a tuneless song
- That passed from tree to tree—
- In sighs, sang he.
- The wind sat idle till the night,
- Then flew by field and town:
- The listening children caught no sight
- Of fleeting beard, or brown
- And windy gown.
- Like teeth that chatter with the cold
- Shake startled window‐panes,
- Flicker the lamps whose flames grow bold;—
- The old house door complains
- In dirge‐like strains.
- Was that but wind upon the stair?
- How wild it is and dark!
- Come near the fire, draw up your chair,
- The chimney roars, and hark
- How the dogs bark!
