North winds send hail, south winds bring rain,
East winds we bewail, west winds blow amain;
Northeast is too cold, southeast not too warm,
Northwest is too bold, southwest doth no harm.

The north is a noyer to grass of all suits,
The east a destroyer to herb and all fruits;
The south with his showers refresheth the corn,
The west to all flowers may not be forborne.

The west, as a father, all goodness doth bring;
The east, a forbearer no manner of thing;
The south, as unkind, draweth sickness too near;
The north, as a friend, maketh all again clear.

With temperate wind we be blessed of God;
With tempest, we find, we are beat with His rod;
All power we know to remain in His hand
However wind blow, by sea or by land.

Though winds do rage as winds were wood,
And cause great tides to raise spring flood,
And lofty ships leave anchor in mud,
Bereafing many of life and of blood,
Yet true it is, as cow chews cud
And trees at spring do yield forth bud,
Except wind stands as never it stood,
It is an ill wind turns none to good.