I would rather be a dog and bay at the moon

Than such a Roman. Julius Caesar.

Every dog has his day, why not I?

Dogs are very much like people—

I am Preacher Smith’s dog, whose dog are you?

Abbie N. Smith, “Bobtail Dixie.”

A horse! a horse! my kingdom for a horse! Shakespeare.

O for a horse with wings. Cymbeline.

Champing his foam, and bounding o’er the plain,

Arch his high neck and graceful spread his mane.