The dangerous dog in the drawing-room lay, And snapped at the houseflies that came in his way. "I'm a dangerous canine!" he said. "Beware how you trouble a creature of my --" But his speech was cut short as he happened to spy A bumble-bee close to his head! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ODE TO THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY by SIDNEY LANIER MY LIGHT WITH YOURS by EDGAR LEE MASTERS LEAVES OF A MAGAZINE by MARIANNE MOORE ELEGY: THE LAMENT OF EDWARD BLASTOCK; FOR RICHARD ROWLEY by EDITH SITWELL |