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As, when the seaward ebbing tide doth pour
Out by the low sand spaces,
The parting waves slip back to clasp the shore
With lingering embraces, --
So in the tide of life that carries me
From where thy true heart dwells,
Waves of my thoughts and memories turn to thee
With lessening farewells;
Waving of hands; dreams, when the day forgets; / A care half lost in cares; / The saddest of my verses; dim regrets; / Thy name among my prayers.
I would the day might come, so waited for, / So patiently besought, / When I, returning, should fill up once more / Thy desolated thought;
And fill thy loneliness that lies apart / In still, persistent pain.
Shall I content thee, O thou broken heart, / As the tide comes again,
And brims the little sea-shore lakes, and sets / Seaweeds afloat, and fills / The silent pools, rivers and rivulets / Among the inland hills?