History & Politics
Islet the Dachs
From Poems — Volume 3
History & Politics
OUR Islet out of Helgoland, dismissed
From his quaint tenement, quits hates and loves.
There lived with us a wagging humourist
In that hound’s arch dwarf-legged on boxing-gloves.
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Meredith, George. “Islet the Dachs.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/meredith/250/.
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Meredith, George. “Islet the Dachs.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/meredith/250/.
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