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August 18, 1847.
O faithful, indefatigable tides, / That evermore upon God's errands go, -- / Now seaward bearing tidings of the land, -- / Now landward bearing tidings of the sea, -- / And filling every frith and estuary, / Each arm of the great sea, each little creek, / Each thread and filament of water-courses, / Full with your ministration of delight! / Under the rafters of this wooden bridge / I see you come and go; sometimes in haste / To reach your journey's end, which being done / With feet unrested ye return again / And recommence the never-ending task; / Patient, whatever burdens ye may bear, / And fretted only by the impeding rocks.