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"What! you Dr. Doddridge's dog, and not know who made you? "
My little dog, who blessed you / With such white toothy-pegs?
And who was it that dressed you / In such a lot of legs?
Perhaps he never told you!
Perhaps you know quite well, / And beg me not to scold you / For you can't speak to tell!
I'll tell you, little brother, / In case you do not know: -- / One only, not another, / Could make us two just so.
You love me? -- Quiet! -- I'm proving! -- / It must be God above / That filled those eyes with loving: / He was the first to love!
One day he'll stop all sadness -- / Hark to the nightingale!
Oh blessed God of gladness! -- / Come, doggie, wag your tail!
That's -- Thank you, God! -- He gave you / Of life this little taste; / And with more life he'll save you, / Not let you go to waste!
He says now, Live together, / And share your bite and sup; / And then he'll say, Come hither -- / And lift us both high up.