| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895. |
| |
| From “Edwin the Fair” |
| | | Sir Henry Taylor (1800–86) |
| |
| |
THE WIND IN THE PINES
THE tale was this: | |
| The wind, when first he rose and went abroad | |
| Through the waste region, felt himself at fault, | |
| Wanting a voice; and suddenly to earth | |
| Descended with a wafture and a swoop, | 5 |
| Where, wandering volatile from kind to kind, | |
| He woo’d the several trees to give him one. | |
| First he besought the ash; the voice she lent | |
| Fitfully with a free and lashing change | |
| Flung here and there its sad uncertainties: | 10 |
| The aspen next; a flutter’d frivolous twitter | |
| Was her sole tribute: from the willow came, | |
| So long as dainty summer dress’d her out, | |
| A whispering sweetness, but her winter note | |
| Was hissing, dry, and reedy: lastly the pine | 15 |
| Did he solicit, and from her he drew | |
| A voice so constant, soft, and lowly deep, | |
| That there he rested, welcoming in her | |
| A mild memorial of the ocean-cave | |
| Where he was born. | 20 |
| |
|
|
|
