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WAVES by RALPH WALDO EMERSON

Poem Explanation Poet Analysis

First Line: ALL DAY THE WAVES ASSAILED THE ROCK
Last Line: AND BREAKS THE GLASS OF TIME.
Subject(s): TIME; WAVES;

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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