Rhyme? and reason? . ECHOES. Lady Clara Vere de VereWas eight years old, she said :Every ringlet, lightly shaken, ran itself in golden thread. She took her little porringer:Of me she shall not win renown:For the baseness of its nature shall have strength todrag her down. Sisters and brothers, little Maid?There stands the Inspector at thy door:Like a dog, he hunts for boys who know not two andtwo are four. Kind words are more than coronets,She said, and wondering looked at me:It is the dead unhappy night, and I must hurry hometo tea. A SEA There are certain things—as, a spider, a ghost,
Rhyme? and reason? . ECHOES. Lady Clara Vere de VereWas eight years old, she said :Every ringlet, lightly shaken, ran itself in golden thread. She took her little porringer:Of me she shall not win renown:For the baseness of its nature shall have strength todrag her down. Sisters and brothers, little Maid?There stands the Inspector at thy door:Like a dog, he hunts for boys who know not two andtwo are four. Kind words are more than coronets,She said, and wondering looked at me:It is the dead unhappy night, and I must hurry hometo tea. A SEA There are certain things—as, a spider, a ghost,The income-tax, gout, an umbrella for three—That I hate, but the thing that I hate the mostIs a thing they call the Sea. 6o A SEA DIRGE. Pour some salt water over the floor—Ugly Im sure youll allow it to be:Suppose it extended a mile or more,Thats very like the Sea. Beat a dog till it howls outright— Cruel, but all very well for a spree:Suppose that he did so day and night,That would be like the Sea. I had a vision of nursery-maids; Tens of thousands passed by me —All leading children with wooden spades,And this was by the Sea. Who invented those spades of wood ? Who was it cut them out of the tree ?None, I think, but an idiot could —Or one that loved the Sea. It is pleasant and dreamy, no doubt, to float With * thoughts as boundless, and souls as freeBut, suppose you are very unwell in the boat,How do you like the Sea?
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