Day 827

Elias Howe

April 5th, 2014



Located right behind the sewing machine pioneer's imposing monument is a headstone for Fannie — the family dog! It reads:

ONLY A DOG DO YOU SAY, SIR CRITIC?
ONLY A DOG, BUT AS TRUTH I PRIZE,
THE TRUEST LOVE I HAVE WON IN LIVING
LAY IN THE DEEPS OF HER LIMPID EYES.
FROSTS OF WINTER NOR HEAT OF SUMMER
COULD MAKE HER FAIL IF MY FOOTSTEPS LED:
AND MEMORY HOLDS IN ITS TREASURE CASKET
THE NAME OF MY DARLING WHO LIETH DEAD.


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