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Pretty Love, I must outlive you;
And my little dog Llewelyn, / Dreaming here with treble whimpers, / Jerking paws and twitching nostrils / On the hearth-rug, will outlive you, / If no trap or shot-gun gets him.
Parrots, tortoises and redwoods / Live a longer life than men do, / Men a longer life than dogs do, / Dogs a longer life than love does.
What a fool I was to take you, / Pretty Love, into my household, / Shape my days and nights to charm you, / Center all my hopes about you, / Knowing well I must outlive you, / If no trap or shot-gun gets me.