THE EBB TIDE
Green palm-tops bending low by silent seas
Like heads in prayer—
Life's turmoil nor its multiplicities
Are there.
But only calms and potencies hold sway
That will not be denied,
Come with the surge of dawn and drift away
With the ebb tide.
FOOTNOTES:
[A] Lescaris was a Greek shepherd who discovered the secret of transmuting the baser metals to fine gold.
[B] Paua—Native name for the Tridacna Gigus, a huge clam. When it closes on any one, his only escape is by losing the limb.
TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE:
Inconsistencies in spelling, punctuation, and hyphenation have been standardized.