Yours a dog's life, do you moan? Courage, brother! cease to groan. Many men, as on they Jog, Live much worse than any dog. Yours a dog's life? Then, my boy, It's a life crammed full of joy! ''" Merry breezes, meadows fair. Birds and brooks and sunny air. Dogs? why, dogs are never sad! See them capering like mad! See them frisk their Jolly way Through the livelong laughing day! Dog's life? Then you'll never rust. Dog's life? Then you'll hope and trust; Then you'll say in Jaunty glee, "Bones have been, and bones will be." Cheery, active, trusting, true, ''" There's a canine goal for you ! Live a dog's life. If you can: You will be the better man! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BATUSCHKA by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH OUR MODEST DOUGHBOYS by CHARLTON ANDREWS A SOUTHERN NIGHT by MATTHEW ARNOLD CONCERNING I AND NON-I by JOHN STUART BLACKIE IN VINCULIS; SONNETS WRITTEN IN AN IRISH PRISON: FAREWELL DARK by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT |