will
             make it further in life as the day's progress. Also lines twenty-one through
             twenty-four "trust no future, howe'er pleasant! Let the dead bury it's dead!
             Act - act in the living present! Heart within, and god o'erhead!"(98). These
             lines inspire one to deal with today with all you got and to not worry about
             the future. Finally line thirty-three through thirty-six "let us, then, be up and
             doing, with a heart for any facts; still achieving, still pursuing, learn to
             labor and to wait"(98). These lines are saying that no matter what happens
             we have to move on, and in that moving we have to learn to work with
             life and be patient with life.
             In the poem, "The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls", found in American
             Literature by Gail Mack, Longfellow talks about life and death as a traveler
             had ventured down to the beach on his own, and in the second stanza,
             Longfellow tells how the traveler tries to make it back to town before dark,
             then in the third stanza, Longfellow tells that the traveler will never again
             The opening line and the closing line of every stanza "The tide rises, the
             tide falls"(214). Refers to both life and death. The words, "the tide
             falls"(214) are referring to the end of the travelers life. Also in Lines
             thirteen through fifteen "The day returns, but nevermore returns the traveler
             to the shore"(214). Since the traveler will not be returning to shore, it is
             noted that, that was the end of the travelers life, the end of his travels.
             The words "The tide rises"(214) refers to the life of the trave
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