Though my wallet was scant, I remember’d his case,

Nor refused my last crust to his pitiful face;

But he died at my feet on a cold winter’s day,

And I play’d a lament for my poor dog Tray.

Where now shall I go—poor, forsaken, and blind?

Can I find one to guide me so faithful and kind?

To my sweet native village so far, far away,

I can ne’er more return with my poor dog Tray.

Unhappy Jeremiah.