Nature
The Winnower to the Winds
From Poems (1914)
Nature
To yon light troop, who fly
On wing that hurries by
The wide world over,
And with soft sibilance
Bid every shadow dance
Of the glad cover.
These violets I consign
Lilies and sops-in-wine
Roses, all yours,
These roses vermeil-tinctured
Their graces new-uncinctured
And gilly-flowers.
So with your gentle breath
Blow on the plain beneath
Through my grange blow,
What time I swink and strain,
Winnowing my golden grain
In noontide’s glow.
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Codex Note
From Joachim de Bellay.
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MLA
Dowden, Edward. “The Winnower to the Winds.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dowden/144/.
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Dowden, Edward. “The Winnower to the Winds.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dowden/144/.
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