Thomas Humphry Ward, ed. The English Poets. 1880–1918.rnVol. V. Browning to Rupert Brooke
Robert Louis Stevenson (18501894)A Visit from the Sea
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Where he goes fishing and crying,
Here in the inland garden
Why is the sea-gull flying?
Here is the corn and lea;
Here are the green trees rustling,
Hie away home to sea!
And quiet among the rushes;
This is no home for the sea-gull,
But for the rooks and thrushes.
Pity the sailor ashore!
Hurry him home to the ocean,
Let him come here no more!
The white gulls are trooping and crying,
Here among rooks and roses,
Why is the sea-gull flying?