Passing Breeze
Passing Breeze - meaning Summary
Presence in Everyday Things
The poem presents a speaker who reads ordinary morning phenomena—golden light, clouds, a passing breeze—as manifestations of the beloved's love. Small sensory moments become messages: coolness on the forehead, light flooding the eyes, a face bent from above. The poem collapses distance between lover and beloved, turning nature into intimate sign and concluding with the speaker's heart at the beloved's feet, conveying devotion and luminous presence.
Read Complete AnalysesYes, I know, this is nothing but thy love, O beloved of my heart — this golden light that dances upon the leaves, these idle clouds sailing across the sky, this passing breeze leaving its coolness upon my forehead. The morning light has flooded my eyes — this is thy message to my heart. Thy face is bent from above, thy eyes look down on my eyes, and my heart has touched thy feet.
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