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A VISIT FROM THE SEA
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This is no home for the sea-gull
But for the rooks and thrushes.


Pity the bird that has wandered!
Pity the sailor ashore!
Hurry him home to the ocean,
Let him come here no more!


High on the sea-cliff ledges
The white gulls are trooping and crying,
Here among rooks and roses,
Why is the sea-gull flying?