Lines composed in a Wood on a Windy Day
My
soul
is
awakened,
my
spirit
is
soaring
And
carried
aloft
on
the
wings
of
the
breeze;
For
above
and
around
me
the
wild
wind
is
roaring,
Arousing
to
rapture
the
earth
and
the
seas.
The
long
withered
grass
in
the
sunshine
is
glancing,
The
bare
trees
are
tossing
their
branches
on
high;
The
dead
leaves,
beneath
them,
are
merrily
dancing,
The
white
clouds
are
scudding
across
the
blue
sky.
I
wish
I
could
see
how
the
ocean
is
lashing
The
foam
of
its
billows
to
whirlwinds
of
spray;
I
wish
I
could
see
how
its
proud
waves
are
dashing,
And
hear
the
wild
roar
of
their
thunder
today!
Anne Brontë
Anne Brontë, (born Jan. 17, 1820, Thornton, Yorkshire, Eng.—died May 28, 1849, Scarborough, Yorkshire), English poet and novelist, sister of Charlotte and Emily Brontë and author of Agnes Grey (1847) and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848).