With its cool curved wind of a hand,

And throws out its petticoat lacy and white

With a swish-swish over the sand.

Its blue dress fluttering, tinted with the sun,

Hangs from its girdle white-spaced,

And a far ship riding with its nose in hiding

Stands black like a buckle at its waist.

It begins to rain and the lake birds fly

With a whir and an angry screech,

As the thin grey fingers reach down from the sky