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To a Lady with an Unruly and Ill-mannered Dog Who Bit several Persons of Importance

by Sir Walter Raleigh

 Your dog is not a dog of grace; 
He does not wag the tail or beg;
He bit Miss Dickson in the face;
He bit a Bailie in the leg.

What tragic choices such a dog
Presents to visitor or friend!
Outside there is the Glasgow fog;
Within, a hydrophobic end.

Yet some relief even terror brings,
For when our life is cold and gray
We waste our...Read more of this...

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To a Lady with an Unruly and Ill-mannered Dog Who Bit several Persons of Importance

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