LONGFELLOW'S NEW POEM.
Sea Music. 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. Darkness settles on roofs and walls, But the sea in the darkness calls and calls ; The little waves, with their soft, white hands. Efface the footprints in the sands, And the tide rises, the tide falls. The morning breaks, the steeds in their stalls Stamp and neigh as the hostler calls j The day returns, but never more Returns the traveller to the shore. And the tide rises, the tide falls. —H. W. Longfellow
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Observer, Volume 1, Issue 17, 8 January 1881, Page 160
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111LONGFELLOW'S NEW POEM. Observer, Volume 1, Issue 17, 8 January 1881, Page 160
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