At the Sea-Side

Robert Louis Stevenson

When I was down beside the sea

A wooden spade they gave to me

To dig the sandy shore.

My holes were empty like a cup.

In every hole the sea camp up

Till it could come no more.

當我到海邊時

他們給了我一把木鏟

好去挖沙灘。

挖成杯狀的空洞。

讓每個洞中的海水涌現

直到它不能再涌現。