Gulls

M. Rogers

Gulls in an aery morrice

Gleam and vanish and gleam...

The full sea, sleepily basking,

Dreams under skies of dream.

Gulls in an aery morrice

Circle and swoop and close...

Fuller and ever fuller

The rose of the morning blows.

Gulls, in an aery morrice

Frolicking, float and fade...

O, the way of a bird in the sunshine,

The way of a man with a maid!