Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A FAITHFUL DOG, by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON Poet's Biography First Line: My merry-hearted comrade on a day Last Line: Fast-locked against a loved one, evermore? Variant Title(s): Faithful Follower, Gentle Friend Subject(s): Animals; Dogs; Friendship; Loyalty | ||||||||
MY merry-hearted comrade on a day Gave over all his mirth, and went away Upon the darksome journey I must face Sometime as well. Each hour I miss his grace, His meek obedience and his constancy. Never again will he look up to me With loyal eyes, nor leap for my caress As one who wished not to be masterless; And never shall I hear his pleading bark Outside the door, when all the ways grow dark, Bidding the house-folk gather close inside. It seems a cruel thing, since he has died, To make his memory small, or deem it sin To reckon such a mate as less than kin. O faithful follower, O gentle friend, If thou art missing at the journey's end, Whate'er of joy or solace there I find Unshared by thee I left so far behind, The gladness will be mixed with tears, I trow, My little crony of the long ago! For how could heaven be home-like, with the door Fast-locked against a loved one, evermore? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ELSINORE IN THE LATE ANCIENT AUTUMN by NORMAN DUBIE THE SHADOWS AT BOXFORD by NORMAN DUBIE FAREWELL TO ARMS by GEORGE PEELE TORRISMOND; AN UNFINISHED DRAMA by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES RHYME OF THE DUCHESS MAY by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING A LIGHT WOMAN by ROBERT BROWNING BLACK SHEEP by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON |
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