Collected poems, 1901-1918 (Vol. 2)/The Bandog

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Collected poems, 1901-1918 (1920)
by Walter de la Mare
The Bandog
2913104Collected poems, 1901-1918 — The Bandog1920Walter de la Mare


THE BANDOG

 
HAS anybody seen my Mopser? —
A comely dog is he,
With hair of the colour of a Charles the Fifth
And teeth like ships at sea,
His tail it curls straight upwards,
His ears stand two abreast,
And he answers to the simple name of Mopser,
When civilly addressed.

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