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Of all the speechless friends of man	A
The faithful dog I deem	B
Deserving from the human clan	A
The tenderest esteem	B
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This feeling creature form'd to love	C
To watch and to defend	D
Was given to man by powers above	C
A guardian and a friend	D
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I sing of all e'er known to live	E
The truest friend canine	F
And glory if my verse may give	G
Brave Fido it is thine	F
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A dog of many a sportive trick	H
Tho' rough and large of limb	I
Fido would chase the floating stick	H
When Lucy cried go swim	I
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And what command could Lucy give	G
Her dog would not obey	J
For her it seemed his pride to live	E
Blest in her gentle sway	J
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For conscious of her every care	K
He strain'd each feeling nerve	L
To please that friend his lady fair	K
Commanded him to serve	L
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Of many friends to Lucy dear	M
One rose above the rest	N
Proclaim'd in glory's bright career	M
The monarch of her breast	N
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Tender and brave her Edward came	O
To bid his fair adieu	P
To India call'd in honour's name	O
To honour he was true	P
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The farewell rack'd poor Lucy's heart	Q
Nor pain'd her lover less	R
And Fido when he saw them part	Q
Seem'd full of their distress	R
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Lucy who thro' her tears descried	Q
His sympathetic air	K
Go with him Fido fondly cried	Q
And make his life thy care	K
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The dog her order understood	Q
Or seem'd to understand	Q
It was his glory to make good	Q
Affection's kind command	Q
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How he obeyed the price how great	Q
His brave obedience cost	Q
Fancy would faulter to relate	Q
In wild conjecture lost	Q
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But Truth and Love the upright pair	K
Who witnessed Fido's worth	S
His wond'rous virtue shall declare	K
A lesson to the earth	S
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Not in the battle's gory tide	Q
Nor in the stormy seas	T
No Fido's noble faith was tried	Q
In scenes of sportive ease	T
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Often in India's sultry soil	U
To brace the languid limb	I
'Twas Edward's pleasure after toil	U
To take a fearless swim	I
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Bold in a flood he lov'd to leap	V
When full the current flow'd	Q
Nor dreamt the water dark and deep	V
The crocodile's abode	Q
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And fearless he and Fido oft	Q
Along the stream would glide	Q
Their custom from the bank aloft	Q
To vault into the tide	Q
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But once when Edward had begun	W
To cast his clothes aside	Q
Round him his dog would anxious run	W
And much to check him tried	Q
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So much that had dumb Fido said	Q
Avoid the stream to day	Q
Those words could scarce have plainer made	Q
What duty wish'd to say	Q
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Edward too eager to enjoy	X
The sport where danger lay	Q
Scolds him for gestures that annoy	X
And beats his guard away	Q
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And naked now and dreaming not	Q
How cruel was that blow	Y
He hurries to the lofty spot	Q
In haste to plunge below	Y
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His faithful friend with quicker pace	Z
And now with silent tongue	A2
Out stript his master in the race	Z
And swift before him sprung	A2
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Heaven how the heart of Edward swell'd	Q
Upon the river's brink	B2
When his brave guardian he beheld	Q
A glorious victim sink	B2
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Sink in a watery monster's jaw	C2
That near the river's side	Q
Too late th' astonish'd Edward saw	C2
And shriek'd as Fido died	Q
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In vain he shriek'd and soon his tears	D2
His heart felt loss deplore	E2
Lucy he cries as if she hears	F2
Thy Fido is no more	E2
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Calamitously lost his form	G2
So often thy delight	Q
No artist's hand with genius warm	G2
Can rescue for thy sight	Q
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But if 'tis sung by friendly bard	Q
How he resign'd his breath	H2
Thy dog must win the world's regard	Q
Immortal in his death	H2
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'Twas thus the feeling Edward griev'd	Q
Nor could his grief divine	F
What honours by pure love conceived	Q
Brave Fido would be thine	F
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When Lucy heard of Fido's fate	Q
What showers of tears she shed	Q
No cost would she have thought too great	Q
To celebrate the dead	Q
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But gold had not the power to raise	I2
A semblance of her friend	Q
Yet kind compassion who surveys	I2
Soon bids her sorrow end	Q
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A sculptor pity's genuine son	W
Knew her well founded grief	J2
And quickly tho' he promised none	W
Gave her the best relief	J2
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He rich in Lucy's sister's heart	Q
By love and friendship's aid	Q
Of Fido with the happiest art	Q
A secret statue made	Q
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By stealth in Lucy's chamber plac'd	Q
It charm'd the mourner there	K
Till Edward with new glory grac'd	Q
Rejoin'd his faithful fair	K
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The marble Fido in their sight	Q
Enhanc'd their nuptial bliss	K2
And Lucy every morn and night	Q
Gave him a grateful kiss	K2

William Hayley

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