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Of all the dogs that are so sweet,
The Spaniel is the most complete.
Of all the Spaniels, dearest far,
The little loving Cockers are.
They're always merry, always hale;
Their eyes are like October ale;
They are so loyal and so black;
So unresentful 'neath the whack.
They never sulk, they never tire;
They love the field, love the fire.
They never criticise their friends,
Their every joy all joy transcends.
The Aberdeen is quaint and sly,
A harvest of the anxious eye.
The Bedlington is blue and true;
The Airedale fights till death for you.
The Bob-tail is a jovial chap;
The Pekingese commands your lap.
The Dachshund (with the Queen Anne legs)
Your sympathy enchains or begs.
Yet why compare? All dogs on Earth
Possess some special charm or worth.
But Cocker Spaniels? Every way,
THEY are the canine angels, THEY.
chiefly from "Another Book of Verses for Children,"
by Edward Verall Lucas;
copyright 1907, by the MacMillan Co.
