Rain and Roses

<h2><SPAN name="THE_FOUR_WINDS_OF_HEAVEN" id="THE_FOUR_WINDS_OF_HEAVEN"></SPAN>The Four Winds of Heaven</h2> <div class="poetry"> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="ig"><span class="letra">W</span>HEN I hear the north wind<br/></span> <span class="ih">It never fails to bring,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Reminders of for-get-me-nots<br/></span> <span class="i2">And sunny days in spring.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">And O! the east wind carries<br/></span> <span class="i2">Upon its scented sail,<br/></span> <span class="i0">The tho’t of pink arbutus<br/></span> <span class="i2">In some secluded vale.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">And how I’d like to gather<br/></span> <span class="i2">When winds are in the west,<br/></span> <span class="i0">A brace of orange blossoms<br/></span> <span class="i2">To hold against my breast.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">But O! I love the south wind<br/></span> <span class="i2">That breathes across the loam,<br/></span> <span class="i0">For O! the tender south wind<br/></span> <span class="i2">Just whispers dear “come home!”<br/></span> <span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page_9" id="page_9">{9}</SPAN></span></div> </div></div> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />