First Line: THE DACHSHUND LEADS A QUIET LIFE Last Line: SEE PLANETS WHEELING OVERHEAD, %MYSTERIOUS AND SLOW %WHILE MORNING BUCKLES ON HIS RED, %AND ON THE D
Poem Sources:
THE OXFORD BOOK OF AMERICAN LIGHT VERSE. HARMON, WILLIAM (ED.) (1979)
COLLECTED POEMS; 1939-1989. SMITH, WILLIAM JAY (1990)
THE WORLD BELOW THE WINDOW; POEMS, 1937-1997. SMITH, WILLIAM JAY (1998)