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HIGH TIDE by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS

First Line: SCARLET FROCK AND GOLDEN CURL
Last Line: "WHERE WERE ALL THE STRINGS TIED ON?"
Scarlet frock and golden curl --
Such a very little girl --
Bessie wanders up and down
Where the seaweed lines are brown,
Something plainly on her mind,
Something she would like to find.
Now, whatever can it be
Bessie's seeking in the sea?
So I ask the little maid,
And she answers, half afraid:
"Sir, high tide has come and gone;
Where were all the strings tied on?"



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