The Wind from the West: Ella Young

Blow high, blow low,

O wind from the West:

You come from the country

I love the best.

O say, have the lilies

Yet lifted their heads

Above the lake-water

That ripples and spreads?

Do the little sedges

Still shake with delight,

And whisper together

All through the night?

Have the mountains the purple

I used to love,

And peace about them,

Around and above?

O wind from the West,

Blow high, blow low,

You must come from the country

I loved long ago.

Summary: In this poem, ‘The Wind from the West’, the poet Ella Young expressed her deep feelings about the country which is from the West. She told the west wind to blow high and low and come from the country which she loves the best. She asked the west wind about the lilies those lifted their heads above the lake-water, the little sedges those shake with delight and whisper together all through the night. She also asked it about the mountains the purple she used to love and peace about them, around and above. She requested the west wind to blow high and low and must come from the country that she loved long ago.