The Wave
By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
From Tiedge.
Whither, thou turbid wave?
Whither, with so much haste,
As if a thief wert thou?I am the Wave of Life,
Stained with my margin's dust;
From the struggle and the strife
Of the narrow stream I fly
To the Sea's immensity,
To wash from me the slime
Of the muddy banks of Time.
Source Book
Longfellow's Poetical Works
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Copyright 1893
Published by Henry Frowde, London
