When In Still Air The Planets Shake

When in still air the planets shake

Like springs about to flow,

A wind from off Australia

Is gathering to blow.

When the grey-warbler sings close in

Upon the driest noon,

A cloud brewed from the Tasman

Will bring a rainy moon.

And I who have my signs of you

Am weatherwise in vain.

Oh you are gale and wet to me,

But come, my wind and rain.

Eileen Duggan