TRUE EXPRESSIONS
PHOTO : CONSTANCE MIER
THE TIDE RISES , THE TIDE FALLS
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 .
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1807-1882
PORTFOLIO MAGAZINE 79