"Perchance the very dogs which I have fed Here in my palaces and at my board, The guardians of my doors, when, by the spear Or sword, some enemy shall take my life, And at my threshold leave me stretched a corpse, Will rend me, and, with savage greediness, Will lap my blood, and in the porch lie down."
— Dogs

January 1, 1970

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DogsMammals described in 1758
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"Homer mentions two varieties of dogs—the white-footed, swift dogs of the chase, who took care, too, of the flocks and cattle; and the house dogs, who enjoyed a less enviable reputation, for poor Priam dreads those which his own halls have nursed."—C. Trollope, "The Dog in Literature", Gentleman's Magazine (March 1900), p. 280