A Child's Garden of Verses/At the Sea-Side

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1228596A Child's Garden of Verses — III. At the Sea-SideRobert Louis Stevenson

III

AT THE SEA-SIDE

WHEN I was down beside the sea
A wooden spade they gave to me
To dig the sandy shore.
My holes were empty like a cup,
In every hole the sea came up,
Till it could come no more.