Living

Nobody Near Him, All in the Dark

by Mary Mapes Dodge 1831–1905

From Rhymes and Jingles (1875)

Living

Nobody near him, all in the dark.
Hear how fierce our dog can bark!
Somebody coming, by light of day,
See how doggie scampers away!

MLA

Dodge, Mary Mapes. “Nobody Near Him, All in the Dark.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dodge_mm/188/.

Chicago

Dodge, Mary Mapes. “Nobody Near Him, All in the Dark.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dodge_mm/188/.

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