The Saint Bernard Frederick Gresham 1907


Behold this creature's form and state
Which nature therefore did create
That to the world might be expressed
What mein there can be in a beast
And that we, in this shape may find
A lion of another kind
For this heroic beast does seem
In majesty to rival him
And yet vouchsafes to man to show
Both service and submission too
From whence we, this distinction have
The beast is fierce but that is brave
This dog has so himself subdued
That hunger cannot make him rude
And his behaviour does confess
True courage dwells with gentleness