Maggie and Milly and Molly and May

went down to the beach(to play one day)

and Maggie discovered a shell that sang

so sweetly she couldn''t remember her troubles, and

Milly befriended a stranded star

whose rays five languid fingers were;

and molly was chased by a horrible thing

which raced sideways while blowing bubbles: and

may came home with a smooth round stone

as small as a world and as large as alone.

For whatever we lose(like a you or a me)

it''s always ourselves we find in the sea

By: E. E. C.u.m.m.i.n.gs