Alexander Pope's epigrams... ― Александр Поуп

In 1736, Alexander Pope's Great Dane, Bounce, whelped—and the poet gave one of its puppies to Frederick, Prince of Wales, whose estate was in the Kew district of London. Pope wrote a poem and had it engraved on a beautiful collar he put around the dog's neck. The idea was that a courtier, possibly a duke or earl, would notice the collar, kneel down, pet the dog, and read the challenging inscription. Notice, however, that, for us, Pope's poem exists not on a collar but as an "epigram" (published six years before his death in the 1738 edition of his collected poetry)...

EPIGRAM ENGRAVED ON THE COLLAR OF A DOG WHICH I GAVE TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS [Frederick, Prince of Wales, Father of George III]

I am his Highness' dog at Kew;
Pray tell me, sir, whose dog are you?

ЭПИГРАММА, ВЫГРАВИРОВАННАЯ НА ОШЕЙНИКЕ СОБАКИ, КОТОРУЮ АНГЛИЙСКИЙ ПОЭТ АЛЕКСАНДР ПОУП ПРЕПОДНЁС ЕГО КОРОЛЕВСКОМУ ВЫСОЧЕСТВУ ФРЕДЕРИКУ, ПРИНЦУ УЭЛЬСКОМУ

Я — пёс его высочества двора.
А где, простите, ваша конура?

Перевод с английского: Евгений Фельдман