A Word with the Wind – poemat angielskiego poety Algernona Charlesa Swinburne’a, opublikowany w tomiku Poems and Ballads. Third Series, wydanym w Londynie w 1889 roku przez spółkę wydawniczą Chatto & Windus.
Lord of days and nights that hear thy word of wintry warning, Wind, whose feet are set on ways that none may tread, Change the nest wherein thy wings are fledged for flight by morning, Change the harbour whence at dawn thy sails are spread. Not the dawn, ere yet the imprisoning night has half released her, More desires the sun's full face of cheer, than we, Well as yet we love the strength of the iron-tongued north-easter, Yearn for wind to meet us as we front the sea. All thy ways are good, O wind, and all the world should fester, Were thy fourfold godhead quenched, or stilled thy strife : Yet the waves and we desire too long the deep south-wester, Whence the waters quicken shoreward, clothed with life.
W swojej recenzji tomiku Poems and Ballads. Third Series, wydrukowanej w , Oscar Wilde krytycznie odniósł się do omawianego poematu, zauważając wprawdzie formalną wirtuozerię Swinburne’a, ale zarzucając mu nadmierną retoryczność i brak wdzięku. Wilde napisał: Verse of this kind may be justly praised for the sustained strength and vigour of its metrical scheme. Its purely technical excellence is extraordinary. But is it more than an oratorical tour de force? Does it really convey much? Does it charm? Could we return to it again and again with renewed pleasure? We think not. It seems to us empty. Omawiany poemat wspomina w swoim studium o Swinburne’ie również Edward Thomas.
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