The tide rises, the tide falls
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
1807 to 1882
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The tide rises, the tide falls,
The twilight darkens, curlew calls;
Along the sea-sands damp and brown
The hastens toward the town,
And the tide rises, tide falls.
Darkness settles on roofs and walls,
But sea in the darkness calls and calls;
The little waves, with their soft, white hands,
Efface the footprints in sands,
And the tide rises, the tide falls.
morning breaks; the steeds in their stalls
Stamp and neigh, as the hostler calls;
The day returns, but nevermore
the traveller to the shore,
And the tide rises, the tide falls.