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THE CAT<br />

On a Cat, Killed as she was Robbing a<br />

Dove-Cote<br />

Poor Puss is gone ! —<br />

'tis Fate's decree,<br />

Yet I must still her loss deplore<br />

For dearer than a child was she,<br />

And ne'er shall I behold her more.<br />

With many a sad, presaging tear,<br />

This morn I saw her steal away,<br />

While she slipped off without a fear,<br />

Except that she should miss her prey.<br />

I saw her to <strong>the</strong> dove-house climb,<br />

With cautious feet and slow she stept,<br />

Resolved to balance loss of time<br />

By eating faster than she crept.<br />

Her subtle foes were on <strong>the</strong> watch,<br />

And marked her course, with fury fraught;<br />

And while she hoped <strong>the</strong> birds to <strong>cat</strong>ch,<br />

An arrow's point <strong>the</strong> huntress caught.<br />

In fancy she had slain <strong>the</strong>m all,<br />

And drunk <strong>the</strong>ir blood and sucked <strong>the</strong>ir breath;<br />

Alas ! she only got a fall,<br />

And only drank <strong>the</strong> draught of death.<br />

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