The Placid Pug, and Other Rhymes

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THE placid Pug that paces in the Park,
Harnessed in silk and led by leathern lead,
Lives his dull life, and recks not of the Shark
In distant waters. Lapped in sloth and greed,
He fails in strenuous life to make a mark,
The placid Pug that paces in the park.
Round the slow circle of his nights and days
His life revolves in calm monotony.