A Walk On The Beach Essay, Research Paper
one day i wrote her name upon the Beach
but came the waves and washed it away
again i wrote it with second hand
but came the tide, and made mt pains his prey
“vain man” said she, “that dost in assay
A mortal thing so to immortalize
For myself shall like to this decay
and also my name be wiped out likewise”
“not so,” Said I. “let baser things devise”
to die in dust, but you shall live by fame
My verse you virtues rare shall eternize
and in the heavens write your glorious name