Yawcob Strauss and Other Poems/The Lost Pet

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Yawcob Strauss and Other Poems by Charles Follen Adams The Lost Pet.

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Yawcob Strauss and Other Poems is a 1910 book by Charles Follen Adams.

THE LOST PET.

Oh, list! while I tell

Of the fate that befell

A pet that was dear unto me, —

A black-and-tan pup.

Oh! bitter the cup

Prepared by that " Heathen Chinee "

For me,

The friend of those venders of tea.

This young black-and-tan

Away from me ran, —

An act which I did not foresee;

And, though I did seek

For over a week

To find him, it was not to be.

You'll see,

'Twas the work of that sinful Chinee.

His name was Ah-Bet,

(Not the name of my pet,

But of him of Chinese pedigree;)

And he kept a small shop,

And had the best "chop"

Of tit-bits from over the sea,

That he

Obtained from his far-famed patrie.

He had "chow-chow," that tickles

The lover of pickles,

Though with me it did never agree;

And things filled with spice,

Which may have been mice,—

They looked enough like them, — dear me!

To see

Such food in the "land of the free."

One day I'd a friend

Who was coming to spend

The day, and take dinner with me:

So I went to Ah-Bet,

And told him to get

A rabbit "and fixin's;" and he

Said "Oui,"

In a manner quite Frenchy to see.

The clock had struck one:

The dinner was done,

And served up with steaming Bohea.

"'Tis excellent fare,

This rabbit, or hare,:

Whichever it may be," said he,

(Mon ami:)

"You've a prize in that Heathen Chinee."

Just then in the dish

I noticed him fish

For something he thought he could see,

That didn't look right;

And brought to the light

A tag, with inscription, " Toby."

Ah me!

'Twas that of my lost favori!

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1923. The author died in 1918, so this work is also in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 80 years or less. This work may also be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.