| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895. |
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| “Pater Vester Pascit Illa” |
| | | Robert Stephen Hawker (1804–75) |
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| OUR bark is on the waters: wide around | |
| The wandering wave; above, the lonely sky. | |
| Hush! a young sea-bird floats, and that quick cry | |
| Shrieks to the levell’d weapon’s echoing sound, | |
| Grasps its lank wing, and on, with reckless bound! | 5 |
| Yet, creature of the surf, a sheltering breast | |
| To-night shall haunt in vain thy far-off nest, | |
| A call unanswer’d search the rocky ground. | |
| Lord of leviathan! when Ocean heard | |
| Thy gathering voice, and sought his native breeze; | 10 |
| When whales first plunged with life, and the proud deep | |
| Felt unborn tempests heave in troubled sleep; | |
| Thou didst provide, e’en for this nameless bird, | |
| Home, and a natural love, amid the surging seas. | |
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