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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A DOG'S VIGIL, by MARGARET E. BRUNER First Line: There is a friendship that exists between Last Line: Had seen a lonely dog pass by that night. Subject(s): Animals; Dogs | |||
There is a friendship that exists between So-called dumb animals; we often find Them sorrowing with a grief that is as keen And deeply felt as those of humankind. For many times this has been plainly shown To me, and yet more clearly when I read The story of a dog who kept alone, A vigil when his mongrel pal lay dead. Just how his pal met death I never knew -- I know he kept a lonely watch all day, Through bitter cold, and not until he grew Exhausted, would he let friends take away The comrade he had known in happy hours; No human could have shown more faithfulness; He could not tell his grief with words or flowers, But only with a puzzled, mute distress. And when kind ones returned who bore away His lifeless friend, no watcher was in sight. . . . But travelers through a neighboring field, they say, Had seen a lonely dog pass by that night. | 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 DANCING WITH THE DOG by SUSAN KENNEDY A MENDER OF CLOCKS by MARGARET E. BRUNER |
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