Canton was soon most thoroughly block-aided!

ODE TO THE SEA:

(WITH INTERRUPTIONS).

Written on Margate sands, by Miss Belinda Bucklersbury.

Oh! lovely Sea; sweet daughter of the sky!

To thee I pour my soul; on thee I cry:

Oh! let some sister Naïad float this way,

Lend me her wand, then 'mid the waves I'll stray.

[Here you are, my lady. Bathe you for a shilling. Comfortablest machine on the beach; and no hextry charge for soap and towels.]

Oh! for the merry sea-bird's wing, to fly