Maggie And Milly And Molly And May(by E.E. Cummings) Maggie and Milly and Molly and May Went down to the beach one day to play Maggie and Milly and Molly and May Went down to the beach one day to play And Maggie discovered a shell that sang So sweetly she couldn't remember her troubles Maggie and Milly and Molly and May Maggie and Milly and Molly and May Milly befriended a stranded star Whose rays five languid fingers were; Maggie and Milly and Molly and May Maggie and Milly and Molly and May And Molly was chased by a horrible thing Which raced sideways blowing blowing blowing. May 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 that we find at the sea.