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