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Subject: COLLIES
Matches Found: 3

BESS, by ORRICK JOHNS    Poem Text                 Poet's Biography
First Line: The collie girl had the sense bred out of her
Last Line: Well, he broke up for days that time, and cried.
Subject(s): Animals; Collies; Dogs


DOUGLAS, by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR    Poem Text                 Poet's Biography
First Line: There's an old, old song with a sweet refrain
Last Line: Douglas, douglas, tender and true.'
Alternate Author Name(s): Dean
Subject(s): Animals; Collies; Dogs; Singing & Singers


PRAISE OF A COLLIE, by NORMAN MACCAIG    Poem Source                 Poet's Biography
First Line: She was a small dog, neat and fluid
Last Line: I grieved for pollochan when he took her a stroll %and put his gun to the back of her head
Subject(s): Animals; Collies; Dogs; Mourning