The Tide Rises The Tide Falls by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Longfellow read by Classic Poetry Aloud:\nhttp://www.classicpoetryaloud.com/\nGiving voice to the poetry of the past.\n\n---------------------------------------------\n\nThe Tide Rises, The Tide Falls\n\nBy Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 \u2013 1882)\n\n \nThe tide rises, the tide falls,\nThe twilight darkens, the curlew calls;\nAlong the sea-sands damp and brown\nThe traveller hastens toward the town,\n And the tide rises, the tide falls. \n\nDarkness settles on roofs and walls,\nBut the sea, the sea in the darkness calls;\nThe little waves, with their soft, white hands,\nEfface the footprints in the sands,\n And the tide rises, the tide falls.\n\nThe morning breaks; the steeds in their stalls\nStamp and neigh, as the hostler calls;\nThe day returns, but nevermore\nReturns the traveller to the shore,\n And the tide rises, the tide falls. \n\n\nComments\nFor more readings of Longfellow's work, visit:\nhttp://classicpoetryaloud.wordpress.com/category/Henry-Wadsworth-Longfellow/