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First Line: Though once a puppy, and though fop by name
Last Line: "and worn with vain pursuit man also dies."
Subject(s): Animals; Dogs


THOUGH once a puppy, and though Fop by name,
Here moulders one whose bones some honour claim;
No sycophant, although of spaniel race,
And though no hound, a martyr to the chase.
Ye squirrels, rabbits, leverets, rejoice!
Your haunts no longer echo to his voice;
This record of his fate exulting view,
He died worn out with vain pursuit of you.
"Yes"--the indignant shade of Fop replies--
"And worn with vain pursuit man also dies."





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