The Way Of The Wind

Portrait of Algernon Charles Swinburne
Algernon Charles Swinburne 1837–1909

The wind's way in the deep sky's hollow None may measure, as none can say How the heart in her shows the swallow The wind's way.

Hope nor fear can avail to stay Waves that whiten on wrecks that wallow, Times and seasons that wane and slay.

Life and love, till the strong night swallow Thought and hope and the red last ray, Swim the waters of years that follow The wind's way.

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