To Dog + 

Pervading pest! Old Adam, when he saw + 

Thy prime progenitor, I doubt not, swore + 

And kicked the curst kioodle from the door, + 

Though now thy whelpage we protect by law. + 

In faith, thou must have been a beastly, raw, + 

Uncultivated monster many score + 

Immemorable centuries before + 

Thy rigor was by breeding made to thaw. + 

How racy of the soil thou must have been!⁠— + 

Indigenous and close to nature’s heart! + 

How strong thy jaw-lock, habits how unclean, + 

And what a sink of infamy thy heart! + 

It may be, though, thou wert created upright. + 

If Man (the angels’ care) could fall, a pup might. + 