tide goes, tide goes out
once more the empty day goes
down the empty shore
Adapted from:
Ebb
The tide goes out, the tide goes out; once more
The empty day goes down the empty shore.
The tide goes out; the wharves deserted lie
Under the empty solitude of sky.
The tide goes out; the dwindling channels ache
With the old hunger, with the old heartbreak.
The tide goes out; the lonely wastes of sand
Implore the benediction of thy hand.
The tide goes out, goes out; the stranded ships
Desire the sea, — and I desire thy lips.
As it appears in: Poems by Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts, 1907
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