another one of those cat poems

Another, uh, unforgettable selection from The Miscellaneous Poems of Mrs. Hannah Eayrs Barron:

THE PET CAT

Dear Billy is dead, that clever cat,

His troubles now are o'er;

He cannot catch the mice and rats, 

As he has done before.

No more he'll sing his fine duet, 

With Kitty Spot, mee-ow;

No other cats can sing so well,

I think they don't know how.

It was not for want of milk or meat,

That Billy came to die;

But he was sick like other cats,

That was the reason why.

'Twill do no good to call for him,

He wont come back I know;

For he has gone to pussy land, 

Where all good kitties go.

-- You will find this jewel on page 300.