"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