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FOR MUSIC.
- ALONG the shore, along the shore
- I see the wavelets meeting:
- But thee I see—ah, never more,
- For all my wild heart’s beating.
- The little wavelets come and go,
- The tide of life ebbs to and fro,
- Advancing and retreating:
- But from the shore, the steadfast shore,
- The sea is parted never:
- And mine I hold thee evermore,
- Forever and forever.
- Along the shore, along the shore
- I hear the waves resounding,
- But thou wilt cross them nevermore
- For all my wild heart’s bounding:
- The moon comes out above the tide
- And quiets all the billows wide
- Her pathway bright surrounding:
- Thus on the shore, the dreary shore,
- I walk with weak endeavor:
- I have thy love’s light evermore,
- Forever and forever.
