| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 1129. Sea-Way |
| | | By Ellen Mackay Hutchinson Cortissoz |
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| THE TIDE slips up the silver sand, | |
| Dark night and rosy day; | |
| It brings sea-treasures to the land, | |
| Then bears them all away. | |
| On mighty shores from east to west | 5 |
| It wails, and gropes, and cannot rest. | |
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| O Tide, that still doth ebb and flow | |
| Through night to golden day:— | |
| Wit, learning, beauty, come and go, | |
| Thou giv’st—thou tak’st away. | 10 |
| But some time, on some gracious shore, | |
| Thou shalt lie still and ebb no more. | |
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