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Rh Two together! Winds blow South, or winds blow North, Day come white, or night come black, Home, or rivers and mountains from home, Singing all time, minding no time, If we two but keep together.

Till of a sudden, May-be killed, unknown to her mate, One forenoon the she-bird crouched not on the nest, Nor returned that afternoon, nor the next, Nor ever appeared again.

And thenceforward, all summer, in the sound of the
 * sea,

And at night, under the full of the moon, in calmer
 * weather,

Over the hoarse surging of the sea, Or flitting from brier to brier by day, I saw, I heard at intervals, the remaining one, the
 * he-bird,

The solitary guest from Alabama.

''Blow! Blow!'' Blow up sea-winds along Paumanok's shore; I wait and I wait, till you blow my mate to me.

Yes, when the stars glistened, All night long, on the prong of a moss-scallop'd stake, Down, almost amid the slapping waves, Sat the lone singer, wonderful, causing tears.

He called on his mate, He poured forth the meanings which I, of all men,
 * know.