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First Line: When I was down beside the sea
Last Line: Till it could come no more.
Alternate Author Name(s): Stevenson, Robert Lewis Balfour
Variant Title(s): Beside The Sea;a Child's Garden Of Verses: 3
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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