Nature

Who is it that Answers?

by John Freeman 1880–1929

From Poems New and Old (1920)

Nature

The clouds no more are flocking
After the flushing sun;
Bees end their long droning,
The bat's hunt is begun;
And the tired wind that went flittering
Up and down the hill
Lies like a shadow still,
Like a shadow still.

Who is it that's calling
Out of the deepening dark,
Calling, calling, calling?--
No!--yet hark!
The sleepy wind wakes, carrying
Up and down the hill
A voice how small and still,
How sweet and still!

Who is it that answers
Out of a quiet cloud--
"Stay, oh stay! I come, I come!"
Cried at last aloud?
My voice, my heart went answering
Up and down the hill--
Mine so strange and still,
Mine grave and still.

MLA

Freeman, John. “Who is it that Answers?” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/freeman/175/.

Chicago

Freeman, John. “Who is it that Answers?” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/freeman/175/.

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