Summer at the Seaside

At the Sea Side 

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.

By ~ Robert Louis Stevenson

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A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson

(Illustrated by Tasha Tudor is my favorite!)