There was a nutty sheep-dog <br />Way back in ancient Rome <br />The Emperor brought him back from Wales <br />To work in his new home <br /> <br />The emperor was a cruel sod <br />There’d never been one meaner <br />When his lions chomped on Christian chow <br />He’d laugh like a hyena. <br /> <br />He dressed the Christians, all in wool <br />So the dog took them for sheep <br />He would round them up toward the lions <br />That’s how he earned his keep <br /> <br />So mad this dog, and keen as well <br />Would chase the sheep until he fell <br />The only way to make him rest? <br />A bag over his head and chest. <br /> <br />The arena in Rome was named after him <br />Though you won’t hear THAT in a museum. <br />How the emperor would shout, “Guard, remove the bag, <br />And let the Collie see’em.<br /><br />Danny Reynolds<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/021-the-derise-and-coll-ie-of-the-roman-empire/
