THE NORLAND WIND
The south wind on the hill
And the west wind on the sea —
But better than these I love
The north wind on the sea.
For the north wind on the lea
Is fearless and elate ;
The ocean, vast and free,
Is not more great.
On the hill the south wind laughs
Where the blue cloud-shadows flee ;
The west wind takes the mead
With a ripple of glee ;
But the north wind on the deep
Is the wind of winds for me ; —
Spirit of dauntless life,
And Lord of Liberty!
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MLA citation:
Sharp, William. “The Norland Wind.” The Evergreen: A Northern Seasonal, vol. 1, Spring 1895, p. 109. Evergreen Digital Edition, edited by Lorraine Janzen Kooistra, 2016-2018. Yellow Nineties 2.0, Ryerson University Centre for Digital Humanities, 2019. https://1890s.ca/egv1_sharp_norland/