Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 213, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 September 1913 — By the Sea. [ARTICLE]

By the Sea.

It was down by the sea that I saw her, By the sea, with Us spray and its roar? I watched her plunge Into the breakers And boldly strike out from the shore. She came from the ocean all dripping, And lovingly looking at me. But I had no wish to be near her On the beach sloping down to the sea. It was down by the sea that I saw her Run playfully up the wide shore; Perhaps she was glad that I noticed The happy expression she wore; But I had no wish to be near her As, dripping, she came from the sea: Bhe was only a collie that wanted To shake herself all over me.'