THE WEST WIND.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1634, 28 December 1912, Page 11

THE WEST WIND.

» Brown leaves an' scarlet on' golcic'n as a guinea, , The West Wind he drives 'em, Tm dnvea 'em ever so, All down the field-path, an 1 all a-do^n

the spinney. Ho blows era an 1 shows 'em the road they must go!

The North Wind's northerly, the South Wind's southerly, ~ The East Wind's easterly—oh, blue , ana hard ho hails, The West -Windi'e tho best wind—so • friendly an' so brotherly. He blows down the beech-nuts, an' fills the rooks' tails!

Wild is the West, Wind bewilderin' the

twilight, , ' Win great clouds a-oomin' lib© the greygeese off the seaa, . . ■ Wild blows hia trumpets, Ms wild voioes. Where y falfin'' arid* oallin' the rooks take the trees!

Daylight's diggin' time'—from full shield to new sickle 1 Tho moon's arrows ever are for true lov-

ers loosed, But twilight is my light, so trumpety and musical When tossed down the West Wind the rooks drop to roost!

Blaok rooks an' gold leaves —oh, golder than a guinea, Th® wild Wind ho drives'em from out the roarin' West, ' . All down the sky-paths, an' all a-down tho spinney, t He flings 'em an' sings to roost an to rest!

The North Wind's northerly, the South 'Wind's southerly, 'The East Wind's easterly—for all his sunny looks — ... The West Wind's the best wind—so friendly an' so-brotherly, , .. . He sweeps up the red leaves an blows home the rooks! —P.R.C., in the "Westminster Gazette."