Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: Poems

The tide Rises,The Tide Falls

In what way are the cycles of time and tides constant(and keep going)?

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The speaker talks about the tide rising and falling during different aspects of life: it is continual. Consider the last stanza:

The morning breaks; the steeds in their stalls Stamp and neigh, as the hostler calls; The day returns, but nevermore Returns the traveller to the shore, And the tide rises, the tide falls.