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Of farnest Thule; and the atlantic surge 
Pours in among the stormy Hebrides 
Who can recount what transmigratives there 
Are annuel made? what nations came and go? 
And how the living clouds and clouds arise? 
Infinite wings till all the plume dark air 
And rude resounding shores are one wild cry. Thomson. 
Sippe Gygis Wagl. 1832. 
Sterna candida Gm. 
There is an charming bird, it is a smal and snow-white tern, which 
smoothy hovers at the distance of an arms length from your head; its 
large black eye scanning with quiet curiosity your expression. Little 
imagination is required to fancy that so light and delicate body most 
by tenanted by some wandering fairy spirit. 
Darwin, Nachricht über die Cocos-Inseln, 
Sippe Thalasseus B. 1822. 
Hine primum paribus nitens Cyllenius alis 
Constitit hinc toto se praeceps corpore ad undas 
Misit avis similis, qui circa litora circum 
Piscosos scopulos humilis volat aequora juxta. Virgil. 
Sterna cantiaca Lath. 
Niveo quodam rore candicantes. Pallas. 
Sippe Sylochelidon Brehm, 1831. 
Und schoss aus dem Aether in's Meer hin; 
Fuhr dann über die Woge, der flüchtigen Móve vergleichbar, 
Die um feuchte Busen der weit einóden Gewässer 
Fische sich fängt und häufig die Fittiche taucht in die Salzfluth. 
Voss, Homer's Uebersetzung. 
Sippe Sterna Lin. 1767. 
Sterna arctica Temm. 
O Isla’s maid, yon sea bird mark 
Her white wing gleams througt mist and sway 
Against the storm-clad lowening dark 
As to the rock she wheels away, 
Where clouds are dark and billows rave; 
Why to the shelter should she come 
Of cliff exposed to wind and wawe? 
O maid of Isla ’tis her home. — Scott. 
