Petrel

Petrels are tube-nosed seabirds in the bird order Procellariiformes.


Up and down! - up and down!
From the base of the wave to the billow’s crown,
And amidst the flashing and feathery foam
The stormy petrel finds a home, -
A home, if such a place may be
For her who lives on the wide, wide sea.

O’er the deep! - o’er the deep!
Where the whale and the shark and the sword-fish sleep, -
Outflying the blast and the driving rain,
The petrel telleth her tale — in vain!

From "The Stormy Petrel" poem by Barry Cornwall

This article is about the seabird. For other uses, see Petrel (disambiguation).
"Peterel" redirects here. For the Royal Navy ship using this archaic spelling, see HMS Peterel.
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