Up and down! Up and down! From the base of the wave to the billow's crown; And amidst the flashing and feathery foam The Stormy Petrel finds a home, A home, if such a place may be, For her who lives on the wide, wide sea, To warm her young and to teach them spring At once o'er the waves on their stormy wing! a. BARRY CORNWALL-The Stormy Petrel. Between two seas the sea-bird's wing makes halt, Wind-weary; while with lifting head he waits For breath to reinspire him from the gates That open still toward sunrise on the vault High-domed of morning. e. WM. CARTWRIGHT-Lesbia and the Sparrow. The sparrows chirped as if they still were proud Their race in Holy Writ should mentioned be. And in thy own sermon, thou g. GEORGE MACDONALD-Paul Faber. Consider the Ravens. Ch. XXI. L. 172. The swallow follows not summer more willing than we your lordship. p. Timon of Athens. Act III. Sc. 6. L. 31. True hope is swift, and flies with swallow's wings; Kings it makes gods, and meaner creatures kings. q. Richard III. Act V. Sc. 2. L. 23. |