BY THE SEA AND OTHER VERSES

By H. Lavinia Baily

BOSTON RICHARD G. BADGER The Gorham Press 1907 

 Copyright 1907 by H. Lavinia Baily All Rights Reserved The Gorham Press, Boston 

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BY THE SEA AND OTHER VERSES

BY THE SEA

 MYSELF AND YOU

There are only myself and you in the world,

There are only myself and you;

'Tis clear, then, that I unto you should be kind,

And that you unto me should be true.

And if I unto you could be always kind,

And you unto me could be true,

Then the criminal courts might all be adjourned,

And the sword would have nothing to do.

A few fertile acres are all that I need,—

Not more than a hundred or two,—

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