 WHEN some proud son of man returns to earth, Unknown to glory, but upheld by birth, The sculptor's art exhausts the pomp of woe, And storied urns record who rests below ; When all is done, upon the tomb is seen, Not what he was, but what he should have...  The corsair, a tale [in verse.]. - Page 112by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1818 - 114 pagesFull view - About this book
 | St. George Tucker - 1857 - 368 pages
...honour which they paid to the memory of the dead. CHAPTER XXVI " But the poor dog, in life the dearest friend, The first to welcome, foremost to defend, Whose honest heart is still his master's own ; Who labours, fights, lives, breathes for him alone, Unhonoured falls, unnoticed... | |
 | Edward Jesse - 1858 - 588 pages
...full of examples of fidelity in the dog than in friends; and Lord Byron characterises him as — " in life the firmest friend, The first to welcome, foremost to defend ; Whose honest heart is still his master's own ; Who labours, fights, lives, breathes for him alone ; " and truly indeed may he be... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1859 - 586 pages
...proud son of man returns to earth, Unknown to glory, but upheld by birth, The sculptor's art exhaustti the pomp of woe, And storied urns record who rests...friend, The first to welcome, foremost to defend, Whoso honest heart is still his master's own, Who labours, fights, lives, breathes for him alone, Unbonour'd... | |
 | John Potter Hamilton - 1860 - 340 pages
...ACHIEVEMENTS. A FAITHFUL DOG.—THE WOLF DOG. THE IRISH WOLF DOG. — HOMMAGE AH HOI. BRUNO. LLEWELYN'S GELERT. INSCRIPTION ON THE MONUMENT OF A NEWFOUNDLAND DOG....welcome, foremost to defend ; Whose honest heart is still his master's own, Who labours, fights, lives, breathes, for him alone, Unhonoured falls, unnotic'd... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1861 - 734 pages
...so base a thing be seen ; No more so idly pass along : Be something, anything, but — mean. 1808. INSCRIPTION ON THE MONUMENT OF A NEWFOUNDLAND DOG....welcome, foremost to defend, Whose honest heart is still his master's own, Who labours, fights, lives, breathes for him alone, Unhonour'd falls, unnoticed all... | |
 | 1861 - 588 pages
...respectable looking dog, licensed, collared, and whose name and residence are duly registered, "Man's firmest friend, The first to welcome, foremost to defend ; Whose honest heart Is still his master's own, Who tabor», fight«, lires, breathes for him alone," — it is not this dog, I contend,... | |
 | 1861 - 520 pages
...it's not in my rôle." " You'll write on the Cid's grave," said De Vigne, " as Byron on Boatswain's, In life the firmest friend, The first to welcome, foremost to defend." " Yes, indeed ; and like him I may add: I never had but one, and here he lies. The Cid," said Sabretasche,... | |
 | 1862 - 962 pages
...Newfoundland dog of the late Earl of Dudley, to whom Lord Byrou alludes in the following lines : — "See the poor dog, in life the firmest friend, The first...welcome, foremost to defend : Whose honest heart is still hie master's own. Who labours, tight*, lives, breathes for him alone." It would be idle, however, to... | |
 | James Moore - 1863 - 344 pages
...11 UPPER BERKELEY STREET, PORTMAH SQUARE, Nov. 1, 1863. BYRON'S EPITAPH ON HIS NEWFOUNDLAND DOG. ' The poor dog ! in life the firmest friend, The first...welcome, foremost to defend ; Whose honest heart is still his master's own ; Who labours, fights, lives, breathes for him alone." CONTENTS. Page PREFACE, . ....... | |
 | Chambers's journal - 1863 - 432 pages
...November 1808, and engraved on the tablet in commemoration of his gentle and affectionate follower — The poor dog, in life the firmest friend, The first to welcome, foremost to defend. One memorial of his boyhood's home at Newstead is still green and flourishing, namely, the oak which... | |
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