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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE GULLS AND I, by ROSELLE MERCIER MONTGOMERY Poet's Biography
First Line: We had the world to ourselves today
Last Line: But what, ah, what of the land behind?
Subject(s): Birds; Gulls; Seagulls
First Line: We had the world to ourselves today
Last Line: But what, ah, what of the land behind?
Subject(s): Birds; Gulls; Seagulls
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?
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