"Doggerel" Poems about dogs

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"From Chaucer to Billy Collins and from basset hounds to brindle bull terriers, Doggerel presents a robust brood of the most charming verse tributes ever offered to our beloved companions...From lazy dogs curled up by the fireplace ti audaqcious hounds howling at the moon, from mutts to purebreds, puppies to old dogs, Doggerel is an irrisistible gathering of fast and faithful friends."  255 pages, Hard cover with placeholder ribbon. Published by Alfred A. Knopf
"Plaid said I was too young to understand this book but I thought the by WIlliam Cowper was pretty neat"...Stripe