"O Le Lupe lived in Frisco, and I lived in Boston here.
"Never heard of us? Good heavens, can you never have been told
Of the Larks we used to publish, and the Chap-Books that we sold?
Where are all our first editions?" I feel damp and full of mould.
Bliss Carman.
BY THE SEA
Mutatis Mutandis
IS it life or is it death?
A whiff of the cool salt scum,
As the whole sea puffed its breath