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Text:Let dogs delight to bark and bite
Author:Isaac Watts

HXVI. Let dogs delight to bark and bite

Let dogs delight to bark and bite,
For God has made them so:
Let bears and lions growl and fight,
For ‘tis their nature, too.

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But, children, you should never let
Such angry passions rise:
Your little hands were never made
To tear each other’s eyes.

Let love through all your actions run,
And all your words be mild:
Live like the blessed Virgin’s Son,
That sweet and lovely child.

His soul was gentle as a lamb;
And as his stature grew,
He grew in favour both with man,
And God his Father, too.

Now, Lord of all, he reigns above;
And from his heavenly throne
He sees what children dwell in love,
And marks them for his own.

Text Information
First Line: Let dogs delight to bark and bite
Title: Let dogs delight to bark and bite
Author: Isaac Watts (1715)
Meter: 8,6,8,6
Language: English
Publication Date: 1866
Notes: Public Domain.
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