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Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900.

By WinifredHowells

1532 A Mood

THE WIND exultant swept

Through the new leaves overhead,

Till at once my pulses leapt

With a life I thought long dead,

And I woke, as one who has slept,

To my childhood,—that had not fled,

On the wind my spirit flew;

Its freedom was mine as well.

For a moment the world was new;

What came there to break the spell?

The wind still freshly blew;

My spirit it was that fell.