Carl Sandburg (1878–1967). Smoke and Steel. 1922.
VI. Accomplished Facts4. Dogheads
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In the moonlight, who comes circling,
red tongues and high noses?
Is one of ’em Buck and one of ’em
White Fang?
telling their stories over and over?
Is one of ’em Martin Eden and one of ’em Larsen the Wolf?
He loved the straight eyes of dogs and the strong heads of men.