What shall I do - it whimpers so

What shall I do - it whimpers so -
This little Hound within the Heart -
All day and night - with bark and start -
And yet - it will not go?

Would you untie it - were you me -
Would it stop whining, if to Thee
I sent it - even now?

It should not teaze you - by your chair -
Or on the mat - or if it dare -
To climb your dizzy knee -

Or sometimes - at your side to run -
When you were willing -
May it come -
Tell Carlo - He'll tell me!