There's Nothing In The Night Like The Sound Of The Wind
When all the land is in repose
There is a noise, as nightfall shows,
A noise to stir the sinews of your mind.
And so, who hear it at its best,
(Who know its sound, as others rest)
May thank the Lord, he made it for mankind.
She hums and blows her gentle breezes,
Comes and goes just as she pleases,
Purrs pastoral verses as her theme;
And when the twilight tones the air,
Then, striking strains are ever there
For one an' all who worship her esteem.
Her voice caresses mighty trees,
Bends their limbs with awesome ease,
Oaks submit and beeches stand-a-quiver.
She stings their leaves when passing through,
Sings a chorus, just for you,
A symphony so shrill it makes you shiver.
At times, if anger should prevail,
She tests her truth and blows a gale,
She proves the very essence of her skill.
She musters substance all around,
Her lusty bluster puffs, profound,
She punishes the ground with all her will.
But she deems it daylight soon
So, then she chants a different tune
And gifts a temperate ballad, gladly bright;
And when the storm departs the earth
She whistles warm for all she's worth;
There's no sound like the wind makes in the night.
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When you are snug and warm in your home and outside the wind is blowing wild, there is nothing quite like the sound it makes. This is from 2000.
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Submitted by AlanSJeeves on July 02, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | AABCCB DDEFFE GGHIIH JJKLLK MMNOON |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,116 |
Words | 209 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 6, 6 |
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