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Hollow-Sounding And Mysterious.

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There's no replying     To the Wind's sighing,     Telling, foretelling,     Dying, undying,     Dwindling and swelling,     Complaining, droning,     Whistling and moaning,     Ever beginning,     Ending, repeating,     Hinting and dinning,     Lagging and fleeting -     We've no replying     Living or dying     To the Wind's sighing.     What are you telling,     Variable Wind-tone?     What would be teaching,     O sinking, swelling,     Desolate Wind-moan?     Ever for ever     Teaching and preaching,     Never, ah never     Making us wiser -     The earliest riser     Catches no meaning,     The last who hearkens     Garners no gleaning     Of wisdom's treasure,     While the world darkens: -     Living or dying,     In pain, in pleasure,     We've no replying     To wordless flying     Wind's sighing.

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