Iris Judith Johnson: The Minstrel December 29, 2022 Briony Cox-Williams “Woe……!” My Lord Wind sings. His voice is a harp, a harp of a thousand strings; His voice is a harp, and he rides on swift and terrible wings. “Woe……!” My Lord Wind shrills; And the pine-trees mutter threats to their parent hills, The ragged scrub-oaks writhe and clash at fierce demoniac wills. “Woe……!” My Lord Wind rails; And the young oak bends to the hiss of his stinging flails, While the old oak breaks and the cowering pine-tree wails. “Woe……!” My Lord Wind grieves; And a plaintive echo stirs through the fallen leaves, Like a child-lorn mother’s breast the grassy hill-side heaves. “Woe……!” My Lord Wind cries, And the word is a mad crescendo of sobs and sighs. Then out in the far somewhere the voice of my Lord Wind dies. — Quote Source