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ON THE STORMY PETREL, CALLED BY SAILORS MOTHER CAREY'S CHICKENS,

Bird of untiring wing,
 Whence dost thou come?
Bird of deep mystery,
 Where is thy home?

On the broad ocean wave
 How canst thou rest?
Where dost thou roost at night?
 Where build thy nest?

Land is too far from thee
 On every side,
Thousands of miles away,
 Over the tide.