| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (18331908). An American Anthology, 17871900. 1900. |
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| 164. Waves |
| | | By Ralph Waldo Emerson |
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| 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. | |
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