Quiet thee, poodle! it seems not well
To break, with thy growling, the holy spell
Of my soul’s music, that refuses
All fellowship with bestial uses.
Full well we know that the human brood,
What they don’t understand condemn,
And murmur in their peevish mood
At things too fair and good for them;
Belike the cur, as curs are they,
Thus growls and snarls his bliss away.