A book of English poetry; ed. by T. Shorter

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A 'I'BOlTBAlJD miltlll from land are we,

Ta.ing abon~ on the roaring sea ;

From billow ~ bounding billow cast,

Like 1leecysnow on the s~rmy blaet :

The eaila are scat 1 ter'd abroad, like weeds!

The strong mast-!1 shake, like quivering reeds;

'l'he miRhty cables, and iron chains,

The hUU, which nil earthlt strength disdains,

They strain and ·they crack, and hearta of a~ne,

Their natural hard proud strength diaowu.

Up and down I up and down I

From the base of' the wan~ the billow's crown,

Amidst the 1Luhing "nd feathery foam,

The S~rmy Pet1-el nuda a homa,-

A home-if such a place may be

For her who lives on the wide yide sen,

On the craggy i~e, in the fro~:eo air,

And only aeekinj~ her rocky lair

To warm her you~g, and to teach them ~ spring

At once o'er t he waves on their a~rmy wiDg I

O'er ·the Deep I O'er the Deep!

Where the whale, and &he abuk, and the aword-fi.&b

Out!~ the blut and the driving n.iD,

The Petie! tellet.lb. her tale-in Tain;

For the mariner cal118tb the 'tf&ruiog bird,

Who briogeth him neW'II of the a~rm unheard I

-Ah I thu.a doeEI the prophet., of good or ill,

Meet hate from the creatures he &erTeth still :

Yet A. never fa.lter&-So, Petrel! apring

Once more o'e.r tlb.e waves 011 thy stormy ~ 1

PB.Ocra.