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^ ghos
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 unxbrella for three—That I hate, but the thing that I hate the mostIs a tiling they call the Sea. 6o A SEA DIRGE. Pour some salt water over the floor—Ugly Im sure youll allow it to be iSuppose it extended a mile or more,Thafs very like the Sea. Beat a dog till he 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? AVho 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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