Social Commentaries

For a House-Dog's Collar

by Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1772–1834

From Complete Poetical Works, ed. E. H. Coleridge (1912)

Social Commentaries

When thieves come, I bark: when gallants, I am still--
So perform both my Master's and Mistress's will.

MLA

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. “For a House-Dog's Collar.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/coleridge/336/.

Chicago

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. “For a House-Dog's Collar.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/coleridge/336/.

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