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Famous Doggie Poems by Famous Poets

These are examples of famous Doggie poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous doggie poems. These examples illustrate what a famous doggie poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).

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by Burns, Robert
...e!
My only beast, I had nae mae,
 And vow but I was vogie!
The lee-lang night we watch’d the fauld,
 Me and my faithfu’ doggie;
We heard nocht but the roaring linn,
 Amang the braes sae scroggie.


But the houlet cry’d frau the castle wa’,
 The blitter frae the boggie;
The tod reply’d upon the hill,
 I trembled for my Hoggie.
When day did daw, and cocks did craw,
 The morning it was foggie;
An unco tyke, lap o’er the dyke,
 And maist has kill’d my Hoggie!...Read more of this...



by Carroll, Lewis
...The ladye she stood at her lattice high,
Wi' her doggie at her feet;
Thorough the lattice she can spy
The passers in the street, 

"There's one that standeth at the door,
And tirleth at the pin:
Now speak and say, my popinjay,
If I sall let him in." 

Then up and spake the popinjay
That flew abune her head:
"Gae let him in that tirls the pin:
He cometh thee to wed." 

O when he cam' the parlour in,...Read more of this...

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