Ah, Are You Digging On My Grave?

"Ah, are you digging on my grave         My loved one? planting rue?"     - "No: yesterday he went to wed     One of the brightest wealth has bred.     'It cannot hurt her now,' he said,         'That I should not be true.'"     "Then who is digging on my grave?         My nearest dearest kin?"     - "Ah, no; they sit and think, 'What use!     What good will planting flowers produce?     No tendance of her mound can loose         Her spirit from Death's gin.'"     "But some one digs upon my grave?         My enemy? prodding sly?"     - "Nay: when she heard you had passed the Gate     That shuts on all flesh soon or late,     She thought you no more worth her hate,         And cares not where you lie."     "Then, who is digging on my grave?         Say since I have not guessed!"     - "O it is I, my mistress dear,     Your little dog, who still lives near,     And much I hope my movements here         Have not disturbed your rest?"     "Ah, yes! YOU dig upon my grave . . .         Why flashed it not on me     That one true heart was left behind!     What feeling do we ever find     To equal among human kind         A dog's fidelity!"     "Mistress, I dug upon your grave         To bury a bone, in case     I should be hungry near this spot     When passing on my daily trot.     I am sorry, but I quite forgot         It was your resting-place."