Domestic Animals 29 



"Bow, wow, wow, 



Moon so near to heaven, O you 



Must know! I have no words to speak my pain 

 But, tell me, Moon, are faith and love in vain ? 

 Will there not come a time when all is plain? 



"Bow, wow, wow, 



1 hear the dear ones talking soft and low 



Of some fair land where they shall journey soon, 

 Where all shall gain some longed-for boon 

 And shall I not be with them there? O Moon? 



"Bow, wow, wow, 



I shall tell them there that I loved them so! 

 What if I did wrong in the Old-Time Land, 

 Where they used to blame me with word and hand ? 

 It was only I could not understand." 



They learned the second stanza to repeat, and 

 this taken from 



THE FAITHFUL DOG 



"If thou hast a dog, when he comes at eve, 

 Laying his ample head upon thy knee, 

 And looking at thee with a glistening eye, 

 Repulse him not, but let him on the rug 

 Sleep fast and warm, beside thy parlor fire, 

 So mayst thou win 



