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CAVE CANEM.

A SWEET little terrier pup

Of the Taurus persuasion was mine;

His tail had been shed,

And was stumpy and red,

But what there was of it was fine.

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His eyes were of heaven's own blue

(A little bloodshot, it is true),

His nose altogether askew,

And his paws looked as if he'd been through

A season's hard play on the nine;

And yet,

You bet,

He was a good deal of a dog.

He'd make a game fight with a hen;

He'd sit on his haunches erect;

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