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title: "There paused to shut the door A fellow called the Wind, With mystery … — Bliss Carman Quote #2 | QuotesBy.net"
description: "There paused to shut the door A fellow called the Wind, With mystery before, And reticence behind. — a quote by Bliss Carman."
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> # There paused to shut the door A fellow called the Wind, With mystery before, And reticence behind.

[Bliss Carman](https://quotesby.net/Bliss-Carman)\#2

[Nature](https://quotesby.net/Bliss-Carman/nature/)[Mystery](https://quotesby.net/topics/mystery/)[Quiet](https://quotesby.net/topics/quiet/)[Solitude](https://quotesby.net/topics/solitude/)[Wind](https://quotesby.net/topics/wind/)

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## About this quote

What does it mean?The wind is personified as a mysterious visitor who enters and leaves quietly.In plain termsWind comes in secretly and leaves without a sound.What can you take from it?Some forces move silently and mysteriously.

### Where it applies

- describing weather
- reflecting on change

### Putting it to work

- poetry
- storytelling

### Questions to consider

- When did you feel unseen?
- What moves quietly around you?

### Another view

It relies on personification which may not resonate with all readers.

## More from Bliss Carman

1. > Here's to the day when it is May And care as light as a feather, When your little shoes and my big boots Go tramping over the heather.

[Permalink to quote \#1](https://quotesby.net/Bliss-Carman/1/ "Permalink to quote 1")

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