“May picked up a smooth round stone,As small as a world and as large as alone.”

“may came home with a smooth round stoneas small as a world and as large as alone.”

“As small as a world as large as alone.”

“maggie and milly and molly and may"maggie and milly and molly and may went down to the beach(to play one day)and maggie discovered a shell that sang so sweetly she couldn’t remember her troubles,andmilly befriended a stranded starwhose rays five languid fingers were;and molly was chased by a horrible thing which raced sideways while blowing bubbles:andmay came home with a smooth round stone as small as a world and as large as alone.For whatever we lose(like a you or a me) it’s always ourselves we find in the sea”

“Middle-class prosperity is lapidary; the flow of cash rounds and smooths a person like water does riverbed stones.”

“Time may smooth the stone, but time will never wear it away.”