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The little dogs and all,
Tray, Blanch, and Sweetheart--see, they bark at me.
The little dogs and all,
Tray, Blanch, and Sweetheart--see, they bark at me.
And in that town a dog was found,
As many dogs there be,
Both mongrel, puppy, whelp read more
And in that town a dog was found,
As many dogs there be,
Both mongrel, puppy, whelp and hound,
And curs of low degree.
Who loves me loves my dog.
[Lat., Qui m'aime il aime mon chien.]
Who loves me loves my dog.
[Lat., Qui m'aime il aime mon chien.]
To be, contents his natural desire,
He asks no angel's wing, no seraph's fire;
But thinks, admitted read more
To be, contents his natural desire,
He asks no angel's wing, no seraph's fire;
But thinks, admitted to that equal sky,
His faithful dog shall bear him company.
Go wiser thou! and in thy scale of sense
Weigh thy opinion against Providence.
But in come canine Paradise
Your wraith, I know, rebukes the moon,
And quarters every plain and read more
But in come canine Paradise
Your wraith, I know, rebukes the moon,
And quarters every plain and hill,
Seeking its master. . . . As for me
This prayer at least the gods fulfill
That when I pass the flood and see
Old Charon by Stygian coast
Take toll of all the shades who land,
Your little, faithful barking ghost
May leap to lick my phantom hand.
But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The
dog is turned to his own vomit read more
But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The
dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed
to her wallowing in the mire.
You think dogs will not be in heaven? I tell you, they will be there long before any of us.
You think dogs will not be in heaven? I tell you, they will be there long before any of us.
The cowardly dog barks more violently than it bites.
[Lat., Canis timidus vehementius latrat quam mordet.]
The cowardly dog barks more violently than it bites.
[Lat., Canis timidus vehementius latrat quam mordet.]
And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which
fall from their masters' table.
And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which
fall from their masters' table.