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Sara Teasdale

I thought of you when I was wakened
 By a wind that made me glad and afraid
Of the rushing, pouring sound of the sea
 That the great trees made.

One thought in my mind went over and over
 While the darkness shook and the leaves were thinned —
I thought it was you who had come to find me,
 You were the wind.

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From Flame and Shadow | Macmillian, 1920

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