Obituary of Rudy Thomas

A Little Dog Angel

High up in the courts of Heaven today A little dog-angel waits, With the other dogs he will not play, But he sits alone at the Gates: “For I know 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 gate alone; "But I know if I just wait patiently "That someday my Master will come," says he.

And his Master far down 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 open the gates that lead to the Courts of Gold, The little dog-angel's eager bark will comfort his soul while he's still in the dark.

Norah M. Holland, c.1870