Child Saved By Dog Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABC DDEE FFGG HHII JJKK GGLL MMNN GGOO HHPQ CCRR GGJJ SSTT JJOO| Johnston he is an engineer | A |
| He always looks if track is clear | A |
| For he hath a keen eagle eye | B |
| Danger afar he doth espy | C |
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| And he hath too a warm true heart | D |
| Of others woes he shares a part | D |
| One day he gazed far down the line | E |
| And a large dog he could define | E |
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| So eager busy on the track | F |
| In mouth it seemed to lift a pack | F |
| But it oftentimes did fail | G |
| For to raise it o'er the rail | G |
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| The engineer put on his steam | H |
| And he loud made his whistle scream | H |
| So that the dog would take alarm | I |
| And thus preserve his life from harm | I |
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| This noble dog it feared not danger | J |
| Fear to him it was a stranger | J |
| His mistress child he wished to save | K |
| And all the danger he would brave | K |
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| His last great effort did prevail | G |
| He raised it safe beyond the rail | G |
| Into a snug and hollow spot | L |
| A place seem'd formed for a child's cot | L |
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| This dog of noble mastiff breed | M |
| For his own safety took no heed | M |
| But at approaching train did bark | N |
| To make them to his troubles hark | N |
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| The engineer did sad bewail | G |
| To see the dog still on the rail | G |
| A moment more the beast is slain | O |
| Cut in two by the cruel train | O |
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| The engineer now shuts off steam | H |
| For to investigate the theme | H |
| That caused the dog to die at post | P |
| Finds to save child its life it lost | Q |
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| Faithful in the cause of duty | C |
| Saving life of little beauty | C |
| A little darling three year old | R |
| More precious than her weight in gold | R |
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| On track she wandered for to play | G |
| But soon she in quiet slumber lay | G |
| And all the efforts of old Towser | J |
| Were not able to arouse her | J |
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| The mother now in agony wild | S |
| Rushed down to train to find her child | S |
| There she found it sweetly sleeping | T |
| While some for faithful dog were weeping | T |
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| And a brave man was engineer | J |
| For he himself knew not of fear | J |
| But his heart was filled with pain | O |
| Because the noble dog was slain | O |
James Mcintyre
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