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Arthur Symons - The Lovers Of The Wind
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Can any man be quiet in his soul 
And love the wind? Men love the sea, the hills: 
The bright sea drags them under, and the "hills 
Beckon them up into the deadly air; 
They have sharp joys, and a sure end of them. 
But he who loves the wind is like a man 
Who loves a ghost, and by a loveliness 
Ever unseen is haunted, and he sees 
No dewdrop shaken from a blade of grass, 
No handle lifted, yet she comes and goes, 
And breathes beside him. And the man, because 
Something, he knows, is nearer than his breath 
To bodily life, and nearer to himself 
Than his own soul, loves with exceeding fear. 
And so is every man that loves the wind. 
How shall a man be quiet in his soul 
When a more restless spirit than a bird`s 
Cries to him, and his heart answers the cry? 
Therefore have fear, all ye who love the wind. 
There is no promise in the voice of the wind, 
It is a seeking and a pleading voice 
That wanders asking in an unknown tongue 
Infinite unimaginable things. 
Shall not the lovers of the wind become 
Even as the wind is, gatherers of the dust, 
Hunters of the impossible, like men 
Who go by night into the woods with nets 
To snare the shadow of the moon in pools?
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