J. Smith.
THE DOG-STAR SPIRIT.
SUGGESTED BY CERTAIN PAPERS ENTITLED ‘MIND AND INSTINCT,’ IN THE KNICKERBOCKER.
Calm be thy slumbers, faithful Tray,
Calm in thy bed
Low-gathered underneath the clay,
Where they have laid thy bones away,
And left thee—dead!
No common dog, dear Tray, wert thou
In life’s short age;