Senin, 29 Juni 2009

an exemplary lapdog, in poetry

Epitaph On A Favourite Lapdog

I never barked when out of season;
I never bit without a reason;
I ne'er insulted weaker brother;
Nor wrong'd by force nor fraud another.
Though brutes are plac'd a rank below,
Happy for man could he say so!

-- Thomas Blacklock (Scottish, 1721-1791).

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