Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HOUSE DOG, by GEORGE BOAS Poet's Biography First Line: I have achieved the life of contemplation Last Line: Feel it to be themselves they thus bedeck. Subject(s): Animals; Dogs | ||||||||
I have achieved the life of contemplation, My paws are clean, I have not touched the mire, I do not bark and yelp in irritation But wait for satisfactions I require. Life may pass by, the months pile higher and higher, I am secure: two meals a day, a carriage In which to take the air, a pleasant fire To dream before, and periodic marriage. I have anaesthetized all my ambition And paradoxically serve another's; Existence has become a noble mission -- Admiring me, competitors are brothers, And when they pin a ribbon on my neck Feel it to be themselves they thus bedeck. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SENTIMENTAL DANGERS by ANDREW HUDGINS SHOOTING THE DOG by JUNE JORDAN AFTER AN ILLNESS, WALKING THE DOG by JANE KENYON |
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