beat down the long grass in which they slept; 

 he will still be four-legged and faithful and 

 mute and eloquent; and still, at times, he will 

 publicly lick his paws into cleanliness. Yet 

 there is in a dog so delightful a faculty of 

 obedience and adaptability that, once released 

 from his detested chain and transferred from 

 the yard to the room, he will without an effort 

 become courteous, refined, and unobtrusive, 

 responding to your moods with a sympathy 

 which is the very perfection of politeness. If 

 you need silence while you read or write he 

 will lie for hours without a movement. Give 

 him a kind word and he will lift his heavy 

 eyebrows and thump the floor with his grate- 

 ful tail; invite him to your side and he will 

 come and lay his loyal head upon your knee; 

 bid him lie down and he will lie down again 

 without a murmur to dream of glorious forays, 

 the while he 



'with inward yelp and restless forefoot plies 

 His function of the woodland. 



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