. Yours with all my heart : her own story, as told by the beautiful Italian gazelle-hound Fairy . Thy little life was like a summer blossom,Unknown to men who passed thee idly by; But hearts there were who stooped to learn thy lessonOf friendship, pure and constant as the sky. Thy love though humble never knew deception; Thy tongue though speechless neer con-cealed a lie;Thine eyes, as soft as tinted autumn lichen, A truth revealed that was not born to die. O Thou who seest the fall of sparrow wounded,Whose hand in pity binds the bruised reed, Teach us thy lawr in all creation grounded -Unself


. Yours with all my heart : her own story, as told by the beautiful Italian gazelle-hound Fairy . Thy little life was like a summer blossom,Unknown to men who passed thee idly by; But hearts there were who stooped to learn thy lessonOf friendship, pure and constant as the sky. Thy love though humble never knew deception; Thy tongue though speechless neer con-cealed a lie;Thine eyes, as soft as tinted autumn lichen, A truth revealed that was not born to die. O Thou who seest the fall of sparrow wounded,Whose hand in pity binds the bruised reed, Teach us thy lawr in all creation grounded -Unselfish love, the one and only creed. When human hearts deceive and round us deaden, When human lips our sacred trust betray,Help us to stoop in humbleness unbiddenThe love of lowly creature to essay. r \ • f. li 4\< r 7 /


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