By the Sea, and Other Verses

<SPAN name="startofbook"></SPAN> <h1> BY THE SEA<br/> <small>AND OTHER VERSES</small></h1> <p class="title"><i>By</i><br/> <i>H. Lavinia Baily</i></p> <h2><SPAN name="MYSELF_AND_YOU" id="MYSELF_AND_YOU">MYSELF AND YOU</SPAN></h2> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">There are only myself and you in the world,<br/></span> <span class="i2">There are only myself and you;<br/></span> <span class="i0">'Tis clear, then, that I unto you should be kind,<br/></span> <span class="i2">And that you unto me should be true.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">And if I unto you could be always kind,<br/></span> <span class="i2">And you unto me could be true,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Then the criminal courts might all be adjourned,<br/></span> <span class="i2">And the sword would have nothing to do.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">A few fertile acres are all that I need,&mdash;<br/></span> <span class="i2">Not more than a hundred or two,&mdash;<br/></span> <span class="i0">And the great, wide earth holds enough, I am sure,<br/></span> <span class="i2">Enough for myself and for you.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">The sweet air of heaven is free to us all;<br/></span> <span class="i2">Upon all fall the rain and the dew;<br/></span> <span class="i0">And the glorious sun in his cycle of light<br/></span> <span class="i2">Shines alike on myself and on you.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">The infinite love is as broad as the sky,<br/></span> <span class="i2">And as deep as the ocean's blue,<br/></span> <span class="i0">We may breathe it, bathe in it, live in it, aye,<br/></span><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_8" id="Page_8">[Pg 8]</SPAN></span> <span class="i2">It is <i>life</i> for myself and for you.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">And the Christ who came when the angels sang<br/></span> <span class="i2">Will come, if the song we renew,<br/></span> <span class="i0">And reign in his kingdom,&mdash;the Prince of Peace,&mdash;<br/></span> <span class="i2">Reigning over myself and you.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">O, then, may I be unto you always kind,<br/></span> <span class="i2">And be you unto me always true;<br/></span> <span class="i0">So the land may rest from its turmoil and strife,<br/></span> <span class="i2">And the sword may have nothing to do.<br/></span></div> </div> <hr class="chap" /> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />