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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A POOR OLD DOG, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Pity the sorrows of a poor old dog
Last Line: Spare, and be spared: -- or who shall plead for thee?
Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina
Variant Title(s): A Word For The Dumb
Subject(s): Animals; Pity
First Line: Pity the sorrows of a poor old dog
Last Line: Spare, and be spared: -- or who shall plead for thee?
Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina
Variant Title(s): A Word For The Dumb
Subject(s): Animals; Pity
Pity the sorrows of a poor old Dog
Who wags his tail a-begging in his need:
Despise not even the sorrows of a Frog,
God's creature too, and that's enough to plead:
Spare Puss who trusts us purring on our hearth:
Spare Bunny once so frisky and so free:
Spare all the harmless tenants of the earth:
Spare, and be spared: -- or who shall plead for thee?
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