“This is the proudest moment of my life!”
——:o:——
Lament for Tabby;
or, The Cat’s Coronach.
And art thou fall’n, and lowly laid,
The housewife’s boast, the cellar’s aid,
Great mouser of thy day;
Whose rolling eyes, and aspect dread,
Whole whiskered legions oft have fled
In midnight battle fray.