My Dog and I

Norah M. Holland 1876 (Collingwood, Ontario) – 1925 (Toronto)



My dog and I, the hills we know
Where the first faint wild roses blow,
We know the shadowy paths and cool
That wind across the woodland dim,
And where the water beetles swim
Upon the surface of the pool.

My dog and I, our feet brush through
Full oft the fragrant morning dew,
  Or when the summer sun is high
We linger where the river flows,
Chattering and chuckling as it goes,
  Two happy tramps, my dog and I.

Or, when the winter snows are deep,
Into some fire-lit nook we creep
  And, while the north wind howls outside,
See castles in the dancing blaze,
Or, dozing, dream of summer days
  And woodland stretches, wild and wide.

My dog and I are friends till death,
And when the chill, dark angel's breath
  Shall call him from me, still I know

 Forever friends, my dog and I.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AABCCB DDEFFE GGHIIH JJA E
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 767
Words 149
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 6, 6, 6, 3, 1

Norah M. Holland

Holland 1876-1925. Norah Mary Holland (1876-1925) was a Canadian poet. Holland was born in Collingwood, Ontario, the daughter of Elizabeth Yeats and John H. ... Her mother was a first cousin of the Irish poet William Butler Yeats. In 1889 the Hollands moved to Toronto, and Norah completed her education at Toronto's Parkdale Collegiate. She worked for the Dominion Press Clippping Bureau for 8 years, and then joined the Toronto Daily News. Her play, When Half Gods Go, was the final performance staged by Toronto's Margaret Eaton School of Literature and Expression in 1928. more…

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