THE TIDE

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BY HENRY A. KENDALL.

The tide is in, anon is out,

Nor lingers at the turning;

And man, as restless as the sea,

Its thriftlessness is learning ;

Two busy brothers gathering in,

And having gathered, spurning.

The waves bring pearls upon the shore,

Yet on the shore no pearls there be :

For fortune varies ebb and flow,

And with the waves’ monotony ;

For hopes, like pearls and shells, come in,

But with the tide go out to sea.


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