English poem
In Hours of Ebbing Tide
by Martha Dickinson Bianchi (1866–1943)
In hours of ebbing tide, oh trust not to the Sea! It will come back to shore with redness of the morrow; O don't believe in me when in the trance of sorrow I swear I am no longer true to thee!
The waves will roll again in dazzling ecstasy, From far away, with joy, to the belovéd shore; And I with breast aflame, beneath thy charm once more, Shall haste to bring my liberty to thee!