My life has stood- a loaded gun-
In corners- till a day
The owners passed- identified-
And carried me away-
And now we roam in Sovereign Woods-
And now We hunt the Doe-
And everytime I speak for him-
The mountains straight reply-
And do I smile, such a cordial light
Upon the Valley glow-
It is as a Vesuvian face
Had let its pleasure through
And when at night a good day done-
I guard my masters Head
'Tis better than the Eider- Duck's
Deep Pillow- to have shared
To foe of His- I'm deadly foe-
None stir the second time-
On when I lay a yellow eye
Or an emphatic thumb-
Though I than He- may longer life
He longer must- than I
For I but the power to kill,
Without- the power to die-