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The Cat<br />

THE CAT<br />

On some grave business, soft and slow,<br />

Along <strong>the</strong> garden-paths you go,<br />

With bold and burning eyes:<br />

Or stand, with twitching tail, to mark<br />

What starts and rustles in <strong>the</strong> dark,<br />

Among <strong>the</strong> peonies.<br />

The dusty cockchafer that springs<br />

Upon <strong>the</strong> dusk with whirring wings,<br />

The beetle, glossy-horned,<br />

The rabbit pattering through <strong>the</strong> fern,<br />

May frisk unheeded, by your stern<br />

Preoccupation scorned.<br />

You go, and when <strong>the</strong> morning dawns<br />

O'er blowing trees and dewy lawns,<br />

Dim-veiled with gossamer,<br />

When cheery birds are on <strong>the</strong> wing,<br />

You creep, a wild and wicked thing,<br />

With stained and starting fur.<br />

You all day long, beside <strong>the</strong> fire,<br />

Retrace in dreams your dark desire,<br />

And mournfully complain

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