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ODE ON THE DEATH of a FAVOURITE CAT.
Drowned in a Tub[28] of Gold Fishes.
’Twas on a lofty vase’s side,
Where China’s gayest art had dy’d
The azure flowers, that blow;
Demurest of the tabby kind,
The pensive Selima, reclin’d,
Gaz’d on the lake below.
Her conscious tail her joy declar’d;