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The Pekingese

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This Pekingese, that makes the sand-grains spin,
Is digging little tunnels to Pekin:
Dream him emerging in a porcelain cave
Where wounded dragons stain a pearly wave. 

Elinor Wylie’s other poems:

1. The Prinkin’ Leddie
2. Poor Earth
3. Quarrel
4. The Puritan’s Ballad
5. The Tortoise in Eternity

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