WE had the world to ourselves today For a passing hour, the gulls and I, The gray-green world of water and sky— Of leaden clouds o'er the breathless bay! In the silken water I swam alone, While the screaming gulls above me whirled! The land behind was another world— The sky and water were all our own! Beyond the bar was the voice of the sea— It called the gulls and they flew away! But I went back, as I do each day, For Life was waiting, on land, for me! Oh, swift-winged gulls! I am of your kind, For nature fashioned me, too, to be Like you, a lover of sky and sea— But what, ah, what of the land behind? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CAVALIER TUNES: GIVE A ROUSE THEN FOR THE CLINIC by ROBERT BROWNING KATIE LEE AND WILLIE GREY by JOSIE R. HUNT LAVENDER'S BLUE (1) by MOTHER GOOSE UP-HILL by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI THOREAU'S FLUTE by LOUISA MAY ALCOTT THE WIDOW TO HER HOUR-GLASS by ROBERT BLOOMFIELD |