88 THE KING'S MIRROR 



turns a bright countenance toward his neighbors on 

 either side, bidding them rejoice with him in his delight 

 and cast away their winterlike sorrows. He also sends 

 blazing rays into the face of the west wind to inform 

 him of his joy and happiness. He advises the west wind, 

 too, that in the evening he shall be clad in garments 

 similar to those which the east wind wore in the morn- 

 ing. Later in the day and at the proper hour the south- 

 east wind displays the glory of his newly-gotten robes 

 and sends warming rays with friendly messages into the 

 face of the northwest wind. But at midday the south 

 wind reveals how he has been endowed with riches of 

 heat, sends warm gifts of friendship across to the north 

 wind, warms his cool face, and invites all the neighbor- 

 ing winds to share in the abundance of his wealth. As 

 the day declines the southwest wind with glad face re- 

 ceives the gentle sheen and genial beams. Having put 

 away wrath, he reveals his desire for peace and concord ; 

 he commands the mighty billows and steep wave-crests 

 to subside with waning power and calls forth quickening 

 dews in a wish to be fully reconciled with all his neigh- 

 bors. Gently he blows a refreshing breath into the face 

 of the northeast wind, warms his wind-chilled lips, and 

 thaws his frosty brow and frozen cheeks. But when even- 

 ing begins, the west wind, clad in splendor and sunset 

 beauty as if robed for a festal eve, lifts a gleaming brow 

 above a blithe countenance, and sends a message on 

 darting beams across to the east wind telling him to 

 prepare for the festive morrow to come. 



At sunset the northwest wind begins to raise his fair 

 brows and with lifted eyelids betokens to all his neigh- 



