Part One · Robert Louis Stevenson
When I was down beside the sea A wooden spade they gave to me To dig the sandy shore.
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A child digs holes in the sand with a wooden spade and watches the sea fill every one. It is by Robert Louis Stevenson, from A Child's Garden of Verses, 1885.
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.
At the Sea-side was written by Robert Louis Stevenson. A Child's Garden of Verses was published in 1885.
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At the Sea-side is a very short poem about a child digging holes in the sand while the sea fills them. It was written by Robert Louis Stevenson and printed in A Child's Garden of Verses in 1885.
At the Sea-side was written by Robert Louis Stevenson. It was printed in his book A Child's Garden of Verses in 1885.
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