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Poems That Every Child Should Know/Let Dogs Delight to Bark and Bite

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Poems That Every Child Should Know (1904)
edited by Mary Elizabeth Burt
Let Dogs Delight to Bark and Bite by Isaac Watts

56564Poems That Every Child Should Know — Let Dogs Delight to Bark and BiteMary Elizabeth BurtIsaac Watts

Let Dogs Delight to Bark and Bite.

"Let Dogs Delight to Bark and Bite," by Isaac Watts (1674-1748), and "Little Drops of Water," by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1810-97), are poems that the world cannot outgrow. Once in the mind, they fasten. They were not born to die.

Let dogs delight to bark and bite,
For God hath made them so;
Let bears and lions growl and fight,
For 'tis their nature too.


But, children, you should never let
Such angry passions rise;
Your little hands were never made
To tear each other's eyes.

Isaac Watts.