Nature
At the Sea-Side
From A Child's Garden of Verses
Nature
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.
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MLA
Stevenson, Robert Louis. “At the Sea-Side.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/stevenson/2/.
Chicago
Stevenson, Robert Louis. “At the Sea-Side.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/stevenson/2/.
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