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THE PERSECUTED POODLE.
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I go unaided and in gloom,
In foreign lands to seek a tomb;
And even that may be denied!
And all to please this tyrant's pride,
Who only thus is satisfied!"
A spaniel heard the pug complain,
And touch'd at heart with so much pain,
Ask'd why he felt obliged to fly.
"Why?" said the pug, "do you ask why?
Just look and see that hard decree,
How cruel and severe on me!"
The spaniel cried:—
"That law with lions has to do;
But what concern is that to you?"
The pug replied:—
"Why, am not I a lion too?"
