<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Sea birds - Maxioms.com</title><description>Quotes, Famous Quotes, Sayings, Proverbs, Maxims, Axioms, Maxioms</description><link>http://www.maxioms.com</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Between the two seas the sea-bird's wing makes halt, Wind-weary; while with lifting head he waits  For breath to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54944]]></link><description><![CDATA[Between the two seas the sea-bird's wing makes halt, Wind-weary; while with lifting head he waits  For breath to reinspire him from the gates   That open still toward sunrise on the vault    High-domed of morning.   - Algernon Charles Swinburne,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54944</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong,  As, darkly painted on the crimson ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54941]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong,  As, darkly painted on the crimson sky,   Thy figure floats along.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54941</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When seagulls follow a trawler, it is because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54942]]></link><description><![CDATA[When seagulls follow a trawler, it is because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54942</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Up and down! Up and down! From the base of the wave to the billow's crown;  And amidst the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54943]]></link><description><![CDATA[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,      On the craggy ice, in the frozen air,       And only seeketh her rocky lair        To warm her young and to teach them spring         At once o'er the waves on their stormy wing!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54943</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How joyously the young sea-mew Lay dreaming on the waters blue,  Whereon our little bark had thrown   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54940]]></link><description><![CDATA[How joyously the young sea-mew Lay dreaming on the waters blue,  Whereon our little bark had thrown   A little shade, the only one;    But shadows ever man pursue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54940</guid></item></channel></rss>