D is for Dog

A is for Artist written by William Henry Davies

From "A Poet's Alphabet", 1925

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My dog went mad and bit my hand,
I was bitten to the bone:
My wife went walking out with him,
And then came back alone.
I smoked my pipe, I nursed my wound,
I saw them both depart:
But when my wife came back alone,
I was bitten to the heart.

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