THE DIFFERENCE
My dog! The difference between thee and me
Knows only our Creator—only he
Can number the degrees in being's scale
Between th' Instinctive lamp, ne'er known to fail,
And that less steady light, of brighter ray,
The soul which animates thy master's clay;
And he alone can tell by what fond tie
My look thy life, my death thy sign to die.
No, when that feeling quits thy glazing eye
'Twill live in some blest world beyond the sky.
Anonymous.