“A dog starved at his master's gate
Predicts the ruin of the state.”

Source: 1800s, Auguries of Innocence (1803), Line 9

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English Romantic poet and artist 1757–1827

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“A dog starved at his master's gatePredicts the ruin of the state.”

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“A dog starved at his master's gate
Predicts the ruin of the state.”