The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls Poem
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North Lincoln High School
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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This poem, "The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls," by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, reflects on the cyclical nature of the tide and the inevitability of time's passage, using imagery of the sea and the passage of time.
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# The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 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, the...
# The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 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, 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. 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.
