Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
America: Vols. XXV–XXIX. 1876–79. | | | | Western States: Santa Cruz, the Island, Cal. | | To a Sea-Bird | | Bret Harte (1836–1902) |
| | | SAUNTERING hither on listless wings, | |
| Careless vagabond of the sea, | |
| Little thou heedest the surf that sings, | |
| The bar that thunders, the shale that rings,— | |
| Give me to keep thy company. | 5 |
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| Little thou hast, old friend, that ’s new; | |
| Storms and wrecks are old things to thee; | |
| Sick am I of these changes too; | |
| Little to care for, little to rue,— | |
| I on the shore, and thou on the sea. | 10 |
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| All of thy wanderings, far and near, | |
| Bring thee at last to shore and me; | |
| All of my journeyings end them here, | |
| This our tether must be our cheer,— | |
| I on the shore, and thou on the sea. | 15 |
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| Lazily rocking on ocean’s breast, | |
| Something in common, old friend, have we; | |
| Thou on the shingle seek’st thy nest, | |
| I to the waters look for rest,— | |
| I on the shore, and thou on the sea. | 20 | | | |
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