LINES FROM A NOTEBOOK - MAY 1814, by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGEPoet AnalysisPoet's Biography
First Line: Seaward, white-gleaming thro' the busy scud Last Line: A wildly-wailing note. Variant Title(s): The Sea Mew
Seaward, white-gleaming thro' the busy Scud With arching Wings the Sea-mew o'er my head Posts on, as bent on speed; now passaging Edges the stiffer Breeze, now yielding drifts, Now floats upon the Air, and sends from far A wildly-wailing Note.