Mistress Gurtons Cat
Old
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ON had a Cat, A Tabby, loveliest of the race,
Sleek as a doe, and tame, and fat With velvet paws, and whisker'd face;
Old
SS
ON had a Cat, A Tabby, loveliest of the race,
Sleek as a doe, and tame, and fat With velvet paws, and whisker'd face;
Again and again through the day I meet a cat
In the tree's shade, in the sun, in the crowding brown leaves
After the success of a few fish
Or inside a skeleton of white earthI find it, as absorbed in the
The fat cat on the mat may seem to dreamof nice mice that suffice for him, or cream;but he free, maybe, walks in thoughtunbowed, proud, where loud roared and foughthis kin, lean and slim, or deep in denin the East feasted on beasts and tender men<...
I am the cat of cats
I
The everlasting cat
Cunning, and old, and sleek as jam,
Minnow, go to sleep and dream,
Close your great big eyes;
Round your bed Events
The pleasantest surprise
Mirrors are not more silentnor the creeping dawn more secretive;in the moonlight, you are that pantherwe catch sight of from afar
By the inexplicable workings of a divine law,we look for you in vain;
More remote, even, than the Ganges or...