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I	A
A Shepherd's Dog there was and he	B
Was faithful to his master's will	C
For well he lov'd his company	B
Along the plain or up the hill	C
All Seasons were to him the same	D
Beneath the Sun's meridian flame	D
Or when the wintry wind blew shrill and keen	E
Still the Old Shepherd's Dog was with his Master seen	E
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II	A
His form was shaggy clothed yet he	B
Was of a bold and faithful breed	F
And kept his master company	B
In smiling days and days of need	F
When the long Ev'ning slowly clos'd	G
When ev'ry living thing repos'd	G
When e'en the breeze slept on the woodlands round	G
The Shepherd's watchful Dog was ever waking found	G
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III	A
All night upon the cold turf he	B
Contented lay with list'ning care	H
And though no stranger company	B
Or lonely traveller rested there	H
Old Trim was pleas'd to guard it still	C
For 'twas his aged master's will	C
And so pass'd on the chearful night and day	G
'Till the poor Shepherd's Dog was very old and grey	G
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IV	I
Among the villagers was he	B
Belov'd by all the young and old	G
For he was chearful company	B
When the north wind blew keen and cold	G
And when the cottage scarce was warm	J
While round it flew the midnight storm	J
When loudly fiercely roll'd the swelling tide	G
The Shepherd's faithful Dog crept closely by his side	G
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V	B
When Spring in gaudy dress would be	B
Sporting across the meadows green	E
He kept his master company	B
And all amid the flow'rs was seen	E
Now barking loud now pacing fast	G
Now backward he a look would cast	G
And now subdu'd and weak with wanton play	G
Amid the waving grass the Shepherd's Dog would stay	G
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VI	I
Now up the rugged path would he	B
The steep hill's summit slowly gain	K
And still be chearful company	B
Though shiv'ring in the pelting rain	K
And when the brook was frozen o'er	L
Or the deep snow conceal'd the moor	M
When the pale moon beams scarcely shed a ray	G
The Shepherd's faithful Dog would mark the dang'rous way	G
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VII	I
On Sunday at the old Yew Tree	B
Which canopies the church yard stile	N
Forc'd from his master's company	B
The faithful TRIM would mope awhile	N
For then his master's only care	H
Was the loud Psalm or fervent Pray'r	O
And 'till the throng the church yard path retrod	G
The Shepherd's patient guard lay silent on the sod	G
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VIII	I
Near their small hovel stood a tree	B
Where TRIM was ev'ry morning found	G
Waiting his master's company	B
And looking wistfully around	G
And if along the upland mead	G
He heard him tune the merry reed	G
O then o'er hedge and ditch thro' brake and briar	L
The Shepherd's dog would haste with eyes that seem'd on fire	L
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IX	P
And now he pac'd the valley free	B
And now he bounded o'er the dew	G
For well his master's company	B
Would recompence his toil he knew	G
And where a rippling rill was seen	E
Flashing the woody brakes between	E
Fearless of danger thro' the lucid tide	G
The Shepherd's eager dog yelping with joy would glide	G
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X	P
Full many a year the same was he	B
His love still stronger every day	G
For in his master's company	B
He had grown old and very grey	G
And now his sight grew dim and slow	Q
Up the rough mountain he would go	Q
And his loud bark which all the village knew	G
With ev'ry wasting hour more faint and peevish grew	G
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XI	B
One morn to the low mead went he	B
Rous'd from his threshold bed to meet	G
A gay and lordly company	B
The Sun was bright the air was sweet	G
Old TRIM was watchful of his care	H
His master's flocks were feeding there	H
And fearful of the hounds he yelping stood	G
Beneath a willow Tree that wav'd across the flood	G
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XII	B
Old TRIM was urg'd to wrath for he	B
Was guardian of the meadow bounds	B
And heedless of the company	B
With angry snarl attack'd the hounds	B
Some felt his teeth though they were old	G
For still his ire was fierce and bold	G
And ne'er did valiant chieftain feel more strong	R
Than the Old Shepherd's dog when daring foes among	S
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XIII	B
The Sun was setting o'er the Sea	B
The breezes murmuring sad and slow	Q
When a gay lordly company	B
Came to the Shepherd's hovel low	Q
Their arm'd associates stood around	G
The sheep cote fence's narrow bound	G
While its poor master heard with fix'd despair	H
That TRIM his friend deem'd MAD was doom'd to perish there	H
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XIV	I
The kind old Shepherd wept for he	B
Had no such guide to mark his way	G
And kneeling pray'd the company	B
To let him live his little day	G
'For many a year my Dog has been	T
'The only friend these eyes have seen	E
'We both are old and feeble he and I	I
'Together we have liv'd together let us die	I
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XV	I
'Behold his dim yet speaking eye	I
'Which ill befits his visage grim	U
'He cannot from your anger fly	I
'For slow and feeble is old TRIM	U
'He looks as though he fain would speak	V
'His beard is white his voice is weak	V
'He IS NOT MAD O then in pity spare	H
'The only watchful friend of my small fleecy care '	-
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XVI	I
The Shepherd ceas'd to speak for He	B
Leant on his maple staff subdu'd	G
While pity touch'd the company	B
And all poor TRIM with sorrow view'd	G
Nine days upon a willow bed	G
Old TRIM was doom'd to lay his head	G
Oppress'd and sever'd from his master's door	W
Enough to make him MAD were he not so before	W
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XVII	I
But not forsaken yet was he	B
For ev'ry morn at peep of day	G
To keep his old friend company	B
The lonely Shepherd bent his way	G
A little boat across the stream	X
Which glitter'd in the sunny beam	X
Bore him where foes no longer could annoy	Y
Where TRIM stood yelping loud and ALMOST MAD with joy	Y
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XVIII	I
Six days had pass'd and still was he	B
Upon the island left to roam	Z
When on the stream a wither'd tree	B
Was gliding rapid midst the foam	Z
The little Boat now onward prest	G
Danc'd o'er the river's bounding breast	G
Till dash'd impetuous 'gainst the old tree's side	G
The Shepherd plung'd and groan'd then sunk amid the tide	G
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XIX	B
Old TRIM now doom'd his friend to see	B
Beating the foam with wasted breath	A2
Resolv'd to bear him company	B
E'en in the icy arms of death	A2
Soon with exulting cries he bore	W
His feeble master to the shore	W
And standing o'er him howl'd in cadence sad	G
For fear and fondness now had nearly made him MAD	G
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XX	B
Together still their flocks they tend	G
More happy than the proudly great	G
The Shepherd has no other friend	G
No Lordly home no bed of state	G
But on a pallet clean and low	Q
They hear unmov'd the wild winds blow	Q
And though they ne'er another spring may see	B
The Shepherd and his Dog are chearful company	B

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