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A Century of Roundels

by Algernon Charles Swinburne

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The Way of the Wind

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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