Quote#Nature
The winds are sometimes sad to me
Quote byLionel Pigot Johnson · 1867–1902
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: "The Precept of Silence".
English (original)
The winds are sometimes sad to me, The starry spaces, full of fear; Mine is the sorrow on the sea, And mine the sigh of places drear. Some players upon plaintive strings Publish their wistfulness abroad; I have not spoken of these things, Save to one man, and unto God.
— Lionel Pigot Johnson
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