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The wound it seem'd both sore and sad
To every christian eye;
And while they swore the dog was mad,
They swore the man would die

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But soon a wonder came to light,
That show'd the rogues they lied--
The man recover'd of the bite;
The dog it was that died.

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Randolph Caldecott's