"Nature is kindly; she has given us dogs
To share our griefs with sympathetic eyes
And force us out for healthy exercise."
But, Carlo, I was wrong to take that view;
Nature, though wonderful, does not (I find)
Deserve the credit of evolving you;
A trainer did it, just by being kind;
Your rise from wolfish ancestors you owe
To some primæval impresario.
One sees the scene: how in the bygone days