From The Birmingham Age Herald, July 20, 1913.
See the happy youngsters,
Racing through the wood,
For the old loved water
Where the swimming’s good.
Now they’re at the pool side,
And with shout and jest
Each strives in undressing
To outdo the rest.
Then white limbs a moment
In the sunlight gleam,
As a lithe young body
Cleaves the glassy stream.
Then a head emerges,
And above the din
Rings the cry of triumph,
“I’m the first one in!”