The Dog in British PoetryR. Maynard Leonard Originally published in 1893, this utterly charming book collects more than 200 poems from British literature celebrating our faithful canine companions as they hunt, romp, chew, and wait patiently for their master's voice. The first ever collection of poetry on dogs (which its editor proudly dedicated "to the cynics"), The Dog in British Poetry is a heartfelt labor of love. Including notable work by great and lesser-known British poets through the end of the 19th century (Byron, Chaucer, Shakespeare, Browning, Tennyson, Dryden, Swift, Pope, Blake, Butler, Wordsworth), this authoritative anthology also includes an appendix of scholarly notes on the poems, and delightful touches such as indexes of the poems by dog breed and the dog's name (Nina, Oscar, Snowball, Trouncer, Wag). Combining just the right amount of tweedy charm and playful celebration, and sure to please dog-lovers, Anglophiles, and readers of every breed, The Dog in British Poetry, in print again anew, gives the dog his day, his due. |
Contents
WILLIAM STEWART b 1481 | 7 |
ALEXANDER POPE 16881744 | 16 |
OLIVER GOLDSMITH 17281774 | 17 |
WILLIAM COWPER 17311800 | 18 |
ALEXANDER GEDDES 17371802 | 20 |
GEORGE CRABBE 17541832 | 21 |
ROBERT BURNS 17591796 | 23 |
SAMUEL ROGERS 17631855 | 25 |
GEORGE GORDON LORD BYRON | 187 |
GEORGE MEREDITH b 1828 | 193 |
QUESTIONS | 195 |
LORD ORRERYS HECTOR | 197 |
THE GREYHOUND SNOWBALL | 198 |
DOG LATIN | 199 |
Miscellaneous Poems | 201 |
GEOFFREY CHAUCER 13281400 | 203 |
BETH GELERT | 26 |
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH 17701850 | 30 |
FIDELITY | 31 |
ROBERT SOUTHEY 17741843 | 39 |
CAROLINE FRY WILSON 17871846 | 47 |
ODYSSEUS AND ARGUS | 56 |
MARY HOWITT 18041888 | 71 |
ALFRED LORD TENNYSON 18091892 | 73 |
WILLIAM ROUNSEVILLE ALGER b 1823 | 79 |
GEORGE R SIMS b 1847 | 88 |
Sporting Poems | 105 |
JULIANA BERNERS b 1388 | 108 |
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 15641616 | 115 |
SAMUEL BUTLER 16121680 | 122 |
JOHN DRYDEN 16311700 | 123 |
THOMAS TICKELL 16861740 | 129 |
WILLIAM SOMERVILE 16921742 | 136 |
EDWARD LOVIBOND d 1775 | 151 |
SIR WALTER SCOTT 17711832 | 157 |
Elegiac Poems | 163 |
THOMAS LORD ERSKINE 17501823 | 170 |
WILLIAM WYNDHAM LORD GRENVILLE | 171 |
CHARLES LAMB 17751834 | 178 |
RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM 17881845 | 184 |
GEORGE TURBERVILLE 1530?1594? | 208 |
JOHN MOLLE 15501637 | 209 |
SIR JOHN HARINGTON 1561 ?1612 | 211 |
ON STRIKING HIS WIFES DOG | 212 |
THE MASTIFFWORRYING FLY | 213 |
MICHAEL DRAYTON 1563?1631 PAGE | 214 |
SAMUEL BUTLER 16121680 | 222 |
MATTHEW PRIOR 16641721 PAGE | 225 |
JOHN GAY 16881732 | 231 |
JAMES HOGG 17701835 | 236 |
SIR WALTER SCOTT 17711832 | 250 |
JOHN CLARE 17931864 | 257 |
THOMAS HOOD 17981845 PAGE | 259 |
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES b 1809 | 272 |
GERALD MASSEY b 1828 | 278 |
SIR EDWIN ARNOLD b 1832 PAGE | 279 |
SIR WALTER SCOTT 17711832 | 303 |
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