Between the steel collar and hairy skin,

Saw that I saw it, and so took to flight.

Wagging his tail, a hurrah in each beat,

Expanding his chest with a gesture grand,

Rover ran back to crouch down at my feet,

Licking my eager incredulous hand.

* * * * *

It was in my hands—I tore it apart,

This letter that Harry had writ to me;

My head turn'd giddy, and so did my heart,