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Here the tides flow	A
And here they ebb	B
Not with that dull unsinewed tread of waters	C
Held under bonds to move	D
Around unpeopled shores	E
Moon driven through a timeless circuit	F
Of invasion and retreat	G
But with a lusty stroke of life	H
Pounding at stubborn gates	I
That they might run	J
Within the sluices of men's hearts	K
Leap under throb of pulse and nerve	L
And teach the sea's strong voice	M
To learn the harmonies of new floods	N
The peal of cataract	O
And the soft wash of currents	P
Against resilient banks	Q
Or the broken rhythms from old chords	R
Along dark passages	S
That once were pathways of authentic fires	C
	-
Red is the sea kelp on the beach	T
Red as the heart's blood	U
Nor is there power in tide or sun	J
To bleach its stain	V
It lies there piled thick	W
Above the gulch line	X
It is rooted in the joints of rocks	Y
It is tangled around a spar	Z
It covers a broken rudder	A2
It is red as the heart's blood	U
And salt as tears	B2
	-
Here the winds blow	A
And here they die	C2
Not with that wild exotic rage	D2
That vainly sweeps untrodden shores	E
But with familiar breath	E2
Holding a partnership with life	H
Resonant with the hopes of spring	F2
Pungent with the airs of harvest	G2
They call with the silver fifes of the sea	H2
They breathe with the lungs of men	I2
They are one with the tides of the sea	H2
They are one with the tides of the heart	J2
They blow with the rising octaves of dawn	K2
They die with the largo of dusk	L2
Their hands are full to the overflow	A
In their right is the bread of life	H
In their left are the waters of death	E2
	-
Scattered on boom	M2
And rudder and weed	N2
Are tangles of shells	O2
Some with backs of crusted bronze	P2
And faces of porcelain blue	Q2
Some crushed by the beach stones	R2
To chips of jade	S2
And some are spiral cleft	T2
Spreading their tracery on the sand	U2
In the rich veining of an agate's heart	J2
And others remain unscarred	J2
To babble of the passing of the winds	V2
	-
Here the crags	V2
Meet with winds and tides	V2
Not with that blind interchange	W2
Of blow for blow	A
That spills the thunder of insentient seas	V2
But with the mind that reads assault	J2
In crouch and leap and the quick stealth	X2
Stiffening the muscles of the waves	V2
Here they flank the harbours	V2
Keeping watch	Y2
On thresholds altars and the fires of home	Z2
Or like mastiffs	V2
Over zealous	V2
Guard too well	A3
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Tide and wind and crag	L2
Sea weed and sea shell	A3
And broken rudder	A2
And the story is told	J2
Of human veins and pulses	V2
Of eternal pathways of fire	A2
Of dreams that survive the night	J2
Of doors held ajar in storms	V2

E. J. Pratt

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