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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO A VAUDEVILLE TERRIER SEEN ON A LEASH IN THE PARK, by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Three times a day - at two, at seven, at nine
Last Line: To be -- alas, how seldom -- just a dog!
Alternate Author Name(s): Hall, Galway
Subject(s): Animals; Dogs
First Line: Three times a day - at two, at seven, at nine
Last Line: To be -- alas, how seldom -- just a dog!
Alternate Author Name(s): Hall, Galway
Subject(s): Animals; Dogs
THREE times a day -- at two, at seven, at nine --
O terrier, you play your little part:
Absurd in coat and skirt you push a cart,
With inner anguish walk a tight-rope line.
Up there, before the hot and dazzling shine
You must be rigid servant of your art,
Nor watch those fluffy cats -- your doggish heart
Might leap and then betray you with a whine!
But sometimes, when you've faithfully rehearsed,
Your trainer takes you walking in the park,
Straining to sniff the grass, to chase a frog.
The leash is slipped, and then your joy will burst --
Adorable it is to run and bark,
To be -- alas, how seldom -- just a dog!
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