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• Love the sea? I dote upon it -- from the beach.
• When twilight dews are falling soft Upon the rosy sea, love, I watch the star whose beam so oft Has lighted me to thee, love.
  -- Thomas Moore (1779-1852) -- When Twilight Dew...
• Some for renown, on scraps of learning dote, And think they grow immortal as they quote.
  -- Edward Young (1684-1765) -- Love of Fame, Satire i, Line 89...
• I dote on his very absence. -- William Shakespeare
• In the midst of this sublime and terrible storm [at Sidmouth]
  Dame Partington, who lived upon the beach, was seen at the door of her house with mop and pattens, trundling her mop, squeezing out the sea-water, and vigorously pushing away the Atlantic Ocean....
• I dote on his very absence. -- William Shakespeare, "The Merchant of Venice
• There once was a plumber from Leigh, Who was plumbing his maid by the sea, Said she, "Please stop plumbing, I think someone's coming!
  Said he, "Yes I know love, it's me....