Songs of Russia/Love’s Ebb and Flow

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Songs of Russia
various authors, translated by Alice Stone Blackwell
Love’s Ebb and Flow by A. K. Tolstoy
2828224Songs of Russia — Love’s Ebb and FlowAlice Stone BlackwellA. K. Tolstoy

LOVE’S EBB AND FLOW

A. K. TOLSTOY

Believe me not, dear, when in hours of anguish
I say my love for thee exists no more.
At ebb of tide, think not the sea is faithless;
It will return with love unto the shore.

E’en now I pine for thee with old-time passion,
And place my freedom in thy hands once more.
Already, with loud noise, the waves are hasting
Back from afar to the beloved shore.