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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
KANSAS PETE, by G. A. JEWETT-TAYLOR
First Line: Sometimes I sit in the old armchair
Last Line: "hold steady, old fellow! I'm a-comin' pete."
Subject(s): Animals; Dogs; Hunting; Hunters
First Line: Sometimes I sit in the old armchair
Last Line: "hold steady, old fellow! I'm a-comin' pete."
Subject(s): Animals; Dogs; Hunting; Hunters
Sometimes I sit in the old armchair,
My Parker and coat and shells are there;
All but the setter I held so dear,
And he's been gone full many a year.
Black was his coat, but his heart was white,
Why did he leave me -- it doesn't seem right!
At twelve we're young and dogs are old --
Three score and ten ere our tale is told.
Sometimes I dream that once again
I'll follow him on through stubble and fen,
And perhaps in that Happy Hunting Ground,
Where quail and partridge must abound,
Old Pete has found a bird or two,
And is holding a point as he used to do,
Waiting to hear my well-known feet --
"Hold steady, old fellow! I'm a-comin' Pete."
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