What The Winds Said - A poem by Albert Bigelow Paine

What The Winds Said.

OH, a wind came whispering out of the west
   And these are the words that it said to me,
"Of all life's treasures love is the best,"
Oh, a wind came whispering out of the west,
   All up from a summer sea.

A wind came whispering out of the east
   And these are the words that it murmured low,
"Of all life's treasures wealth is the least,"
Oh; the winds came out of the west and the east
   And they told the truth, I know.

^__Albert Bigelow Paine.