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On a Maltese Watch-Dog, Tymnes

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ON A MALTESE WATCH-DOG
TYMNES

Here the stone says it holds the white dog from Melita, the most faithful guardian of Eumelus; Bull they called him while he was yet alive; but now his voice is prisoned in the silent pathways of night.



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