. Cemeteries for animals. Pets. [from old catalog]. We lay thee close within our reach, Here where the grass is smooth and warm, Between the holly and the beech Where oft we watched thy coxichant form. Then sonie who through the garden pass When we, too, like thyself are clay, Shall see thy grave upon the grass And stop before the stone and say: Peoi)le who lived here long ago Did by this stone it seems intend To name for future times to know The dachshund Geist. their little ;. PINE RIDGE CEMETERY HEADSTONES OF TWO C.\TS, .AUGUSTUS AND TIGER, AND MAX, AN ENGLISH SETTER Cowper's ep
. Cemeteries for animals. Pets. [from old catalog]. We lay thee close within our reach, Here where the grass is smooth and warm, Between the holly and the beech Where oft we watched thy coxichant form. Then sonie who through the garden pass When we, too, like thyself are clay, Shall see thy grave upon the grass And stop before the stone and say: Peoi)le who lived here long ago Did by this stone it seems intend To name for future times to know The dachshund Geist. their little ;. PINE RIDGE CEMETERY HEADSTONES OF TWO C.\TS, .AUGUSTUS AND TIGER, AND MAX, AN ENGLISH SETTER Cowper's epitaph on his pet hare is well known among his poems. In one poem he describes how he saved the little crea- ture from "cruel man," had her for a companion ten years, and he closes this poem with the lines: " If I survive thee I will dig thy grave. And when I place thee in it, sighing, say, I know at least one hare that had a ; Later he wrote the " Epitaph on a Hare," from which I quote only the first and the last stanzas: " Here lies, whom hound did ne'er pursue. Nor swifter grayhound follow. Whose foot ne'er tainted morning dew. Nor ear heaid huntsman's hollo! " I kept him for his humor's sake, For he would oft beguile My heart of thoughts that made it ache. And force me to a smile " 19. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smith, Anna Harris, "Mrs Huntington Smith," d. 1929. [from old catalog]. [Boston
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