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The Power of the Dog · Ririro.com - Poetry

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  Speaker 1: The Power of the Dog by Rudyard Kipling There is
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  Speaker 1: sorrow enough in the natural way From men and women
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  Speaker 1: to fill our day. But when we are certain of
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  Speaker 1: sorrow in store, Why do we always arrange for more?
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  Speaker 1: Brothers and sisters, I bid you beware Of giving your
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  Speaker 1: heart to a dog to tear. Buy a pup, and
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  Speaker 1: your money will buy Love unflinching that cannot lie. Perfect
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  Speaker 1: passion and worship fed by a kick in the ribs
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  Speaker 1: or a pat on the head. Nevertheless, it is hardly
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  Speaker 1: fair to risk your heart for a dog to tear.
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  Speaker 1: When the fourteen years which nature permits are closing in
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  Speaker 1: asthma or tumor or fits, and the vet's unspoken prescription
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  Speaker 1: runs to lethal chambers or loaded guns, then you will
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  Speaker 1: find it's your own affair. But you've given your heart
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  Speaker 1: to a dog to tear. When the body that lived
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  Speaker 1: at your single will, When the whimper of welcome is stilled,
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  Speaker 1: how still! When the spirit that answered your every mood
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  Speaker 1: Is gone wherever it goes for good, You will discover
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  Speaker 1: how much you care, And will give your heart to
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  Speaker 1: a dog to tear. We've sorrow enough in the natural
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  Speaker 1: way when it comes to burying Christian clay. Our loves
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  Speaker 1: are not given, but only lent, at compound interest of
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  Speaker 1: cent per cent. Though it is not always the case,
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  Speaker 1: I believe, that the longer we've kept them, the more
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  Speaker 1: do we grieve. For when debts are payable, right or wrong,
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  Speaker 1: a short-time loan is as bad as a long. So
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  Speaker 1: why in heaven, before we are there, should we give
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  Speaker 1: our hearts to a dog to tear?