There sprang a leak in Noah’s ark,
Which made the dog begin to bark;
Noah took his nose to stop the hole,
And hence his nose is always cold.
No one has expressed more appreciation of the noble qualities of dogs than the abstracted, philosophic Wordsworth.
Incident
Characteristic of a Favourite Dog.
On his morning rounds the master
Goes to learn how all things fare;
Searches pasture after pasture,