Thomas Gainsborough, British
William Hoped That If He Sat Very Still, the Dog Might Mistake Him For a Poodle and Go Away, 1771
Oil on canvas
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/// H.M.’s Court of Exchequer he’d audit,
but when anyone said the word “fraud,” it
made Lowndes cower and quake
that he’d made some mistake.
William never got one single plaudit.
/// His pet spaniel sat near William’s leg.
Then they heard the words, “Sit up and beg!”
‘Twas Gainsborough who’d cried,
but then William complied,
and went home to consume a whole keg.