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;