{"id":624,"date":"2010-08-29T05:38:50","date_gmt":"2010-08-29T05:38:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/?p=624"},"modified":"2010-08-29T05:38:50","modified_gmt":"2010-08-29T05:38:50","slug":"a-sea-dirge-by-lewis-carroll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/a-sea-dirge-by-lewis-carroll\/","title":{"rendered":"A Sea Dirge by Lewis Carroll"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

A SEA DIRGE<\/p>\n

?There are certain things – as, a spider, a ghost,
\nThe income-tax, gout, an umbrella for three –
\nThat I hate, but the thing that I hate the most
\nIs a thing they call the Sea.<\/p>\n

Pour some salt water over the floor –
\nUgly I?m sure you?ll allow it to be:
\nSuppose it extended a mile or more,
\nThat?s very like the Sea.<\/p>\n

Beat a dog till it howls outright –
\nCruel, but all very well for a spree:
\nSuppose that he did so day and night,
\nThat would be like the Sea.<\/p>\n

I had a vision of nursery-maids;
\nTens of thousands passed by me –
\nAll leading children with wooden spades,
\nAnd this was by the Sea.<\/p>\n

Who invented those spades of wood?
\nWho was it cut them out of the tree?
\nNone, I think, but an idiot could –
\nOr one that loved the Sea.<\/p>\n

It is pleasant and dreamy, no doubt, to float
\nWith ?thoughts as boundless, and souls as free?:
\nBut, suppose you are very unwell in the boat,
\nHow do you like the Sea?<\/p>\n

There is an insect that people avoid
\n(Whence is derived the verb ?to flee?).
\nWhere have you been by it most annoyed?
\nIn lodgings by the Sea.<\/p>\n

If you like your coffee with sand for dregs,
\nA decided hint of salt in your tea,
\nAnd a fishy taste in the very eggs –
\nBy all means choose the Sea.<\/p>\n

And if, with these dainties to drink and eat,
\nYou prefer not a vestige of grass or tree,
\nAnd a chronic state of wet in your feet,
\nThen – I recommend the Sea.<\/p>\n

For I have friends who dwell by the coast –
\nPleasant friends they are to me!
\nIt is when I am with them I wonder most
\nThat anyone likes the Sea.<\/p>\n

They take me a walk: though tired and stiff,
\nTo climb the heights I madly agree;
\nAnd, after a tumble or so from the cliff,
\nThey kindly suggest the Sea.<\/p>\n

I try the rocks, and I think it cool
\nThat they laugh with such an excess of glee,
\nAs I heavily slip into every pool
\nThat skirts the cold cold Sea.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A SEA DIRGE ?There are certain things – as, a spider, a ghost, The income-tax, gout, an umbrella for three – That I hate, but the thing that I hate the most Is a thing they call the Sea. Pour some salt water over the floor – Ugly I?m sure you?ll allow it to be:…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1800s","category-lewis"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t