The Dog

The Dog written by William Henry Davies

From "The Song of Life", 1920

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The dog was there, outside her door,
  She gave it food and drink,
She gave it shelter from the cold:
  It was the night young Molly robbed
An old fool of his gold.

'Molly,' I said, 'you'll go to hell -'
  And yet I half believed
That ugly, famished, tottering cur
  Would bark outside the gates of Heaven,
To open them for Her!

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