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Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900.

By Ralph WaldoEmerson

164 Waves

ALL day the waves assailed the rock,

I heard no church-bell chime;

The sea-beat scorns the minster clock

And breaks the glass of Time.