| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 208. The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls |
| | | By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
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| THE TIDE rises, the tide falls, | |
| The twilight darkens, the curlew calls; | |
| Along the sea-sands damp and brown | |
| The traveller hastens toward the town, | |
| And the tide rises, the tide falls. | 5 |
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| Darkness settles on roofs and walls, | |
| But the sea, the sea in the darkness calls; | |
| The little waves, with their soft, white hands, | |
| Efface the footprints in the sands, | |
| And the tide rises, the tide falls. | 10 |
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| The morning breaks; the steeds in their stalls | |
| Stamp and neigh, as the hostler calls; | |
| The day returns, but nevermore | |
| Returns the traveller to the shore, | |
| And the tide rises, the tide falls. | 15 |
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