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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HER GERMAN POLICE DOG, by RUTH DURHAM CUNNINGHAM
First Line: So faithfully, for fifteen years or more
Last Line: And watched you as your faithful spirit flew.
Subject(s): Animals; Dogs; Sonnet (as Literary Form)
First Line: So faithfully, for fifteen years or more
Last Line: And watched you as your faithful spirit flew.
Subject(s): Animals; Dogs; Sonnet (as Literary Form)
So faithfully, for fifteen years or more,
A police dog, Betty, has kept watch to see
That her good mistress knew no misery.
She would not venture far from home's glad door,
But kept close vigil round the farmland shore.
Her senses were tuned to noises that be
So that from sleep or play she'd quickly flee
To defend with vehemence, or needed gore.
Oh watchdog, sleeping now your final sleep,
Your wet-eyed mistress softly speaks your name;
It's then I think how much she's done for you --
She gave from fated childless love so deep,
Often at midnight's hour to your she came,
And watched you as your faithful spirit flew.
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