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At the Sea-Side

Robert Louis Stevenson 1850 (Edinburgh) – 1894 (Vailima, Samoa)



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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Submitted on May 13, 2011

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Scheme AAB CCB
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 184
Words 41
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 3, 3

Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, and travel writer. more…

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