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Show Nobody's Dog. Have you feasted today, okl fellow? Had a sniff of some meat or a bone? Were you generously fed upon gravv and bread By someone who called you his own" lour ribs, sir! How plainlv thev're showing! show-ing! Your legs seem uncertain and weak' Have yo.i searched every street for' a morsel to eat? Are you just a town dog, sir? Come. speak! Has anyone patted your head, sir? Or noted your great, sunken eve? Have your unkempt ears heard any kind, gentle word From some human friend passing by? Or have folks just kicked you aside, sir? Why. you're trembling now, where you stand! Have they struck you so much that voti quake at my touch And cower at sight of my hand? It's the way of the world, poor old fellow' Just a struggle for bread or a bone: And some of us know how you feel when you go To your bed in the allev, alone! Were you sleek and well" cared for and handsome P'riends would feed you and love vou at sight: But it's different, sir. with a poor, luckless luck-less cur. Just a dog arnund town! There, good night! |
