Maxioms by Hannah Flagg Gould
 Alone I walked on the ocean strand,
 A pearly shell was in my hand;
  I stooped, and read more 
 Alone I walked on the ocean strand,
 A pearly shell was in my hand;
  I stooped, and wrote upon the sand
   My name, the year, the day.
    As onward from the sport I passed,
     One lingering look behind I cast,
      A wave came rolling high and fast,
       And washed my lines away.