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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WHEN THE GULLS COME IN, by HELEN MERRILL EGERTON
First Line: When the gulls come in, and the shallow sings
Last Line: There's a gale in the heart of the golden sky.
Alternate Author Name(s): Merrill, Helen M.
Subject(s): Birds; Gulls; Seagulls
First Line: When the gulls come in, and the shallow sings
Last Line: There's a gale in the heart of the golden sky.
Alternate Author Name(s): Merrill, Helen M.
Subject(s): Birds; Gulls; Seagulls
WHEN the gulls come in, and the shallow sings
Fresh to the wind, and the bell-buoy rings,
And a spirit calls the soul from sleep
To follow over the flashing deep;
When the gulls come in from the fields of space,
Vagrants out of a pathless place,
Waifs of the wind that dip and veer
In the gleaming sun where the land lies near, --
Long they have wandered far and free,
Bedouin birds of the desert sea;
God only marked their devious flight,
God only followed them day and night, --
Sailor o' mine, when the gulls come in,
And the shallow sings to the bell-buoy's din,
Look to thy ship and thy gods hard by,
There's a gale in the heart of the golden sky.
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