Down on the beach when the tide is out ~ Beautiful things lie all about ~ Rubies and diamonds and shells and pearls, starfish, oysters, and mermaids' curls; Slabs of black marble cut in the sand ~ Veined and smoothed and polished by hand; And whipped~up foam that I think must be ~ What mermaids use for cream in tea. ~ These and a million treasures I know ~ Strew the beach when the tide is low. linktr.ee/ike07002