Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, HONG KONG CHOW, by OLIVER MURRAY EDWARDS


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HONG KONG CHOW, by                    
First Line: Hong kong chow is dead, his loving heart hath ceased / to beat
Last Line: In loved paownyc he doth sleep, at rest forevermore.
Subject(s): Absence; Animals; Death; Dogs; Silence; Separation; Isolation; Dead, The


Hong Kong Chow is dead, his loving heart hath ceased to beat,
No more in answer to our call will come his pattering feet.
With him great love hath died within that silent breast,
We mourn: no bark or whine disturbs our grief—he is at rest.

We never more shall hear his call to let him in or out,
Without the door he doth not wait to follow us about.
No longer in our daily life will he have place or part,
In memory only doth he live enshrined within our heart.

We miss him, we are lonely, for him our tears will fall,
For Hong is gone forever, he is now beyond our call.
No longer will he follow on the trails along the shore,
In loved Paownyc he doth sleep, at rest forevermore.





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