Explore "Egregious Eastbourne (Rhymes for the Times)" by Harry Graham on Textopian. Read with annotations and highlights.
[A recent by-law of the Eastbourne Town Council renders the / owner of any dog who barks upon the beach liable to a fine of / forty shillings.]
Never more shall I and Ponto / Traverse the Marine Parade, / Pass the Pier and wander onto / Eastbourne's Esplanade; / Never more, with lungs like leather, / And a heart as light as feather, / Shall we stray and play together / Where we strayed and played! / On the cruel Council's shingle / Man and beast no more may mingle!