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STORMY PETRELS by CLINTON SCOLLARD

First Line: WHEN DOWN THE GRAY ATLANTIC DRIVES THE FLAW
Last Line: THE CLARION LIPS OF STORM!
Subject(s): STORMS;
WHEN down the gray Atlantic drives the flaw,
And the mad winds alternate shout and wail,
When angry billows move the soul to awe,
These birds out-ride the gale.

One with the wave, one with the lash of rain,
One with the wildest gust that flings the foam,
These winged wanderers of the outer main
Make the great deep their home.

For us the love of earth, the sunshine bright,
Voices of friends about the ingle warm;
For them the unfathomable gulfs of night,
The clarion lips of storm!



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