...Through thy lower nature * ; Be my benediction said With my hand upon thy head, Gentle fellow-creature ! Like a lady's ringlets brown, Flow thy silken ears...Shining out from all the rest Of thy body purely. * This dog was the gift of my dear and admired friend, Miss Mitford, and belongs to the beautiful race...

...Through thy lower nature ; Be my benediction said, With my hand upon thy head, Gentle fellow-creature. Like a lady's ringlets brown, Flow thy silken ears...Shining out from all the rest Of thy body, purely. Underneath my stroking hand Startled eyes of hazel bland Kindling, — growing larger, — Upward,...

...Of thy body purely. 301 1II. Darkly brown thy body is, Till the sunshine, striking this, Alchemise its dulness ; When the sleek curls manifold Flash all over into gold, With a burnished fulness. IV. Underneath my stroking hand, Startled eyes of hazel bland Kindling, growing larger, Up thou leapest...

...Through thy lower nature ;* Be my benediction said With my hand upon thy head, Gentle fellow-creature ! Like a lady's ringlets brown, Flow thy silken ears....brown thy body is, Till the sunshine, striking this, Alchemise its dulness ; •Wfien the 'sleek curls manifold Flash all over into gold, With a burnished...

...Thrwsgii thy lower nature." Be my benediction and With my hand upon thy held, Gentle fellow-creature ! n. Like a lady's ringlets brown, Flow thy silken ears...Shining out from all the rest Of thy body purely. * This dog was the gift of my dear and admired friend, Miss Mitford, and belongs to the beautiful race...

...hand upon thy head, Gentle fellow-creature ! Like a lady's ringlets hrown, Flow thy silken ears adowa Either side demurely, Of thy silver-suited breast...brown thy body is, Till the sunshine, striking this, Alchemise its dulness ; When the sleek curls manifold Flash all over into gold, With a burnished fulness...

...benediction said With my hand upon thy head, Gentle fellow-creature ! Like a lady's ringlets hrown, Flow thy silken ears adown Either side demurely Of...Shining out from all the rest Of thy body purely. * This dog was the gift of my dear and admired friend, Miss Mitford, and belongs to the beautiful race...

...Through thy lower nature; Be my benediction said, With my hand upon thy head, Gentle fellow-creature. Like a lady's ringlets brown, Flow thy silken ears...Shining out from all the rest Of thy body, purely. Underneath my stroking hand Startled eyes of hazel bland Kindling, — growing larger, — Upward,...

...and " silver suited Ireast," his body " darkly brown," " Till the sunshine, striking this, Alchemise its dulness, When the sleek curls manifold Flash all over into gold With a burnished fulness." But Flush had better service to fulfil than the mere pleasing of the eye. " Other dogs may be thy peers...

...head and front of it) consisting, perhaps, in the bald head of the latter under the crown. 1844. III. Darkly brown thy body is, Till the sunshine striking...Flash all over into gold With a burnished fulness. IV. Underneath my stroking hand, Startled eyes of hazel bland Kindling, growing larger, Up thou leapest...