The Wind in the Trees

WIND! Wind! what do you bring
With the whirling flake and the flying
cloud?
A victor's bays and a song to sing?
>—Nay, but a hero's shroud!

Wild wind! what do you bear—
A song of the men who fought and fell,
A tale of the strong to do and dare?
—Aye, and a tolling bell!

Wind! wind! what do you see—
The flying flags and the soldiers brave,
The marching men, the bold and free?
—Nay, but a new-dug grave!

Wild wind! what do you moan
To the frosty night and the cloud-wracked sky?
—A soldier's cross, a father's groan.
And a mother's hopeless cry!

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