| Nicholson & Lee, eds. The Oxford Book of English Mystical Verse. 1917. |
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| 202. The Life-tide |
| By John Bannister Tabb (18451909) |
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| EACH wave that breaks upon the strand, | |
| How swift soeer to spurn the sand | |
| And seek again the sea, | |
| Christ-like, within its lifted hand | |
| Must bear the stigma of the land | 5 |
| For all eternity. | |
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