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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE WAVE, by CHRISTOPH AUGUST TIEDGE
First Line: Whither, thou turbid wave?
Last Line: "of the muddy banks of time."
Subject(s): Life; Waves
First Line: Whither, thou turbid wave?
Last Line: "of the muddy banks of time."
Subject(s): Life; Waves
"Whither, thou turbid wave?
Whither, with so much haste,
As if a thief wert thou?"
"I am the Wave of Life,
Stained with my margin's dust;
From the struggle and the strife
Of the narrow stream I fly
To the Sea's immensity,
To wash from me the slime
Of the muddy banks of Time."
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