Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). The New Poetry: An Anthology. 1917.
InsightRobert J. Roe
From “A Sailor’s Note-book”
I
If ship is French or Swede full-rigger.
I get mighty hot,
Un Alec get pretty mad.
Un all of sudden I hear us
Like somebody was cracking straws in mine ear
Un I let Alec say I am wrong.