"That men and dogs have equal claims on Heav'n,

Though dogs but bark, and men more wisely prate,

That to thyself one friend alone was giv'n,

That Friend a Dog, now snatch'd away by Fate.

"And last can tell how daughters best may shew

Their love and duty to their fathers dear,

By reckoning up what stream of filial woe

Will give to every crime a cleansing tear.

"Long may'st thou please this wonder-seeking age,

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