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AT THE SEASIDE by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

Poet Analysis

First Line: WHEN I WAS DOWN BESIDE THE SEA
Last Line: TILL IT COULD COME NO MORE.
Subject(s): SEASHORE; BEACH; COAST; SHORE;
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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