1898 · CLOSE READING
Songs of the Spirit
Songs of the Spirit (1898), PDF p. 90
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A RONDEL.
THE wail of the wind in the desolate land
Lifts voice where the heaven lies pallid and
blind ;
Sweeps over the hills from the sea and the sand
The wail of the wind.
The earth gives a bleak echo back, and behind
Lurk sorrows and sins in the grasp of a hand,
And love and despair are the lords of mankind.
The mountains are steadfast ; immutably grand,
Bid me to their bosom the chain to unbind :
At peace and at pity I now understand
The wail of the wind.
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