Rhyme? and reason? . AND THIS WAS BY THE SEA 62 A SEA DIRGE. There is an insect that people avoid (Whence is derived the verb to flee).Where have you been by it most annoyed?In lodgings by the Sea. If you like your coffee with sand for dregs, A decided hint of salt in your tea,And a fishy taste in the very eggs—By all means choose the Sea. And if, with these dainties to drink and eat,You prefer not a vestige of grass or tree,And a chronic state of wet in your feet,Then—I recommend the Sea. For /have friends who dwell by the coast— Pleasant friends they are to me ! It is when I am with them I w
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