Mastiff, greyhound, mongrel grim,

Hound or spaniel, brach or lym,

Or bobtail tike or trundle-tail.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): King Lear. Act iii. Sc. 6.

And in that town a dog was found,

As many dogs there be,

Both mongrel, puppy, whelp, and hound,

And curs of low degree.

Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774): Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog.