“The sheep are down at the water, a-drinkin' their bloomin' fill,
An' me and the dog are dozin', as herders and collies will;
The world may be movin' somewheres, but here it is standin' still.”

— Arthur Chapman (poet)

The Herder's Reverie http://www.cowboypoetry.com/ac.htm#Reverie, st. 1. <br class="br"> Out Where the West Begins and Other Western Verses http://www.cowboypoetry.com/ac.htm#outbk (1917)

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American poet and newspaper columnist 1873–1935

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