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A DOG'S GRAVE by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES

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First Line: MY DOG LIES DEAD AND BURIED HERE
Last Line: THAT LINKS SUCH LIVES WITH MY DOG'S DEATH!
Subject(s): DEATH; GRAVES; GRIEF; TEARS; DEAD, THE; TOMBS; TOMBSTONES; SORROW; SADNESS;
My dog lies dead and buried here,
My little Pet for five sweet years.
As I stand here, beside her grave,
With eyes gone dim, and blind with tears –
I see it rising up and down,
As though she lay in a sleeping-gown.

Forgive me, Pet, that half these tears,
Which make my eyes go dim and blind,
Should come from thoughts of love betrayed,
When I had trust in my own kind:
And Christ forgive this living breath
That links such lives with my dog's death!



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