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WISER THAN HIS MASTER
A
LERT"
was a dog
With a well-earned fame,
Who was owned by a nobleman
Proud or his name.
He would sit on the step,
When the dinner-bell rang,
Till he spied his master
When up he sprang.
He took
him
his wine
In a glass, on a tray;
But "Alert" never touched it
I'm happy tg say!
"Pebbles from the Brook,"
1886.
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