Editing Petrel (section)

==In culture==
Petrels are culturally significant, and well-known poems have been written about the bird. One such example is given here.

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|text=<poem>
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!
</poem>|source = From ''"The Stormy Petrel"'' poem ''by [[Barry Cornwall]]''<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=kXd4bRr71a4C&dq=Charles+Timothy+Brooks+ON+Alpine+heights&pg=PA354 ''A Library of Poetry and Song: Being Choice Selections from The Best Poets. With An Introduction by William Cullen Bryant''], New York, J.B. Ford and Company, 1871, p. 354.</ref>}}