A Little Dog Angel – Norah M. Holland

HIGH up in the courts of Heaven to-day

A little dog-angel waits,

With the other angels he will not play,

But he sits alone at the gates;

"For I know that my master will come," says he:

"And when he comes, he will call for me."

He sees the spirits that pass him by

As they hasten towards the throne,

And he watches them with a wistful eye

As he sits at the gates alone;

"But I know if I just wait patiently

That some day my master will come," says he.

And his master, far on the earth below,

As he sits in his easy chair,

Forgets sometimes, and he whistles low

For the dog that is not there;

And the little dog-angel cocks his ears,

And dreams that his master's call he hears.

And I know, when at length his master waits

Outside in the dark and cold

For the hand of Death to ope the gates

That lead to those courts of gold, The little dog-angel's eager bark

Will comfort his soul in the shivering dark.