BUCOLIC BEATITUDES
BUCOLIC BEATITUDES
BY
RUSTICUS
ILLUSTRATED BY
DECIE MERWIN
THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY PRESS
BOSTON
COPYRIGHT 1925 BY
THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY PRESS INC.
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
To My Wife
who lets me do these things
CONTENTS
| Page | ||
| I | Blessed be the Dog | 1 |
| II | Blessed be the Pig | 17 |
| III | Blessed be the Hen | 35 |
| IV | Blessed be the Cow | 51 |
| V | Blessed be the Horse | 71 |
| VI | Blessed be the Garden | 91 |
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BLESSED BE THE DOG
BLESSED BE THE DOG
My dog has but one eye. He was the beginningof things. Just how far he hascontrolled my destiny, just how far he hasshaped the lives of those about him, willnever be known until the dull human mindhas evolved a keener perception of the realvalues of life and has learned to becomeconscious of influences too subtle to berecognized by man in his present fallenestate. This is certain: he was the beginningof things. It was he who opened thedoor and led the way.
I have always felt that I owe that dogan apology which only a life of devotion[Pg 4]can express. The bitter truth is—I boughthim. What I paid for him is one of thosepersonal secrets which will r