- How pleasant to sit
on the beach,
- On the beach, on
the sand, in the sun,
- With ocean galore
within reach,
- And nothing at all
to be done!
- No letters to
answer,
- No bills to be
burned,
- No work to be
shirked,
- No cash to be
earned,
- It is pleasant to
sit on the beach
- With nothing at all
to be done!
- How pleasant to
look at the ocean,
- Democratic and
damp; indiscriminate;
- It fills me with
noble emotion
- To think I am able
to swim in it.
- To lave in the
wave,
- Majestic and
chilly,
- Tomorrow I crave;
- But today it is
silly.
- It is pleasant to
look at the ocean;
- Tomorrow, perhaps,
I shall swim in it.
-
- How pleasant to
gaze at the sailors.
- As their sailboats
they manfully sail
- With the vigor of
vikings and whalers
- In the days of the
vikings and whale.
- They sport on the
brink
- Of the shad and the
shark;
- If its windy they
sink;
- If it isn't, they
park.
- It is pleasant to
gaze at the sailors,
- To gaze without
having to sail.
-
- How pleasant the
salt anesthetic
- Of the air and the
sand and the sun;
- Leave the earth to
the strong and athletic,
- And the sea to
adventure upon.
- But the sun and the
sand
- No contractor can
copy;
- We lie in the land
- Of the lotus and
poppy;
- We vegetate, calm
and aesthetic,
- On the beach, on
the sand, in the sun.
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