Poems (Kemble)/Lines for Music (Loud wind, strong wind, where art thou blowing)

by Frances Anne Kemble

LINES FOR MUSIC.

Loud wind, strong wind, where art thou blowing?
    Into the air, the viewless air,
    To be lost there:
   There am I blowing.

Clear wave, swift wave, where art thou flowing?
    Unto the sea, the boundless sea,
    To be whelm'd there:
   There am I flowing.

Young life, swift life, where art thou going?
    Down to the grave, the loathsome grave,
    To moulder there:
   There am I going.