An+Elegy+on+the+Death+of+a+Mad+Dog

=AN ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF A MAD DOG= Good people all, of every sort, Give ear unto my song; And if you find it wondrous short,-- It cannot hold you long.
 * **//By Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774) //**

In Islington there was a man, Of whom the world might say That still a godly race he ran,-- Whene'er he went to pray.

A kind and gentle heart he had, To comfort friends and foes; The naked every day he clad,-- When he put on his clothes.

And in that town a dog was found, As many dogs there be, Both mongrel, puppy, whelp, and hound, <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">And curs of low degree.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">The dog and man at first were friends; <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">But when a pique began, <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">The dog, to gain some private ends, <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Went mad, and bit the man.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Around from all the neighboring streets, <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">The wondering neighbors ran, <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">And swore the dog had lost his wits <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">To bite so good a man.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">The wound it seemed both sore and sad <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">To every Christian eye; <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">And while they swore the dog was mad <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">They swore the man would die.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">But soon a wonder came to light, <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">That showed the rogues they lied; <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">The man recovered of the bite, <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">The dog it was that died. ||  || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Не будь, читатель, слишком хмур, <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Пусть песня слух лелеет, <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> А будет краткой чересчур - <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Наскучить не успеет!

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> О муже неком песнь поем - <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Весь Излингтон божится, <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Что шел он праведным путем, <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Когда ходил молиться.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Он был добряк и сердобол, <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> В друзей вселял надежду, <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> И как сокол бывал он гол - <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Пред тем как влезть в одежду.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> И в том же городе жила <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Собака как собака, <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Как все дворняжки, весела, <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Отнюдь не забияка.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Собака и природы царь <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Дружили поначалу, <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Но вот беда: взбесилась тварь <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> И друга покусала.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> И прорекли соседей рты: <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> "Лишь потеряв рассудок, <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Мог воплощенью доброты <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Нанесть урон ублюдок!"

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Над раной лили реки слез, <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Сердца терзала драма. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> И ясно всем: взбесился пес, <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Погибнет сын Адама.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Но опровергла бред ослов <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Чудесная картина: <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Наш добротворец жив-здоров, <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> А околела псина. ||