What shall I do-it whimpers so-1
This little Hound within the Heart
All day and night with bark and start-
And yet, it will not go-
Would you untie it, were you me-
Would it stop whining-if to Thee-
I sent it-even now?
It should not tease you-8
By your chair-or, on the mat-
Or if it dare-to climb your dizzy knee-
Or-sometimes at your side to run-
When you were willing-
Shall it come?
Tell Carlo-
He'll tell me!
This little Hound within the Heart
All day and night with bark and start-
And yet, it will not go-
Would you untie it, were you me-
Would it stop whining-if to Thee-
I sent it-even now?
It should not tease you-8
By your chair-or, on the mat-
Or if it dare-to climb your dizzy knee-
Or-sometimes at your side to run-
When you were willing-
Shall it come?
Tell Carlo-
He'll tell me!
(F.237/J.186)
[1] it:: Carlo, Dickinson's dog; and her affection to a man.
[2] Hound, Heart:: one who chases, hunts in the heart.
[5] you:: a man being desired.
[7, 8] it, tease:: Carlo is sent to the man.
[13] Shall it come:: shall my affection come to you?
[14] Carlo:: the name of ED's dog.
[15] tell me:: she sent Carlo, and wished to hunt the man via Carlo.