 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
 | John Howard Moore - 1908 - 348 pages
...whom the other half would feel, if they came within reach, under the strictest obligations to kick. ' When some proud son of man returns to earth, Unknown...welcome, foremost to defend, Whose honest heart is still his master's own, Who labours, fights, lives, breathes, for him alone, Unhonoured falls, unnoticed... | |
 | Henry Charles Shelley - 1908 - 456 pages
...elsewhere. And, in that event, what wiser choice could she have made for companionship than that of 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 ? As these faithful companions... | |
 | 1909 - 316 pages
...an added blessing will go with the remainder. The bitter lines of Byron to the memory of his dog — But the poor dog, in life the firmest friend, The...welcome, foremost to defend, Whose honest heart is all his master's own, ***** Unhonoured dies, unnoticed all his worth, Denied in heaven the soul he... | |
 | 1909 - 448 pages
...of a dog and found it has a conscience, who share her somewhat eccentric views in this respect : — 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. Mrs. Weldon, whose large business... | |
 | 1910 - 650 pages
...the name of the author of the following, and the title of the poems in which the Unes occur : — 1. 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. 2. The rich man's guardian and... | |
 | William Winter - 1911 - 446 pages
...vaunts the virtue and fidelity of the canine animal as superior to that of any possible human being, — But the poor dog, in life the firmest friend, The...welcome, foremost to defend, Whose honest heart is still his master's own, Who labors, fights, loves, breathes for him alone, — I could not but remember its... | |
 | 1890 - 530 pages
...Boatswain, a dog. The following lines, which are inscribed on the stone, were also composed by Byron : When some proud son of man returns to earth. Unknown...welcome, foremost to defend, Whose honest heart is still his master's own, Who labors, fights, lives, breathes for him alone, Unhonored falls, unnoticed all... | |
 | Hanford Lennox Gordon - 1913 - 460 pages
...bull-dog. When the dogs bark hold your tongue. Poor people keep dogs to eat the bread of their children. But the poor dog, in life the firmest friend, The first to welcome, foremost to defend ! — Byron. 'Tis sweet to hear the honest watch-dog's bark Bay deep-mouthed welcome as we draw near... | |
 | 1915 - 1332 pages
...achievements recounted in glowing language; this concept being caught up by the immortal bard who sang: "But the poor dog, in life the firmest friend, The...welcome, foremost to defend. Whose honest heart is still his master's own, Who labors, fights, lives, breathes for him alone, Unhonour'd falls, unnoticed all... | |
 | 1915 - 180 pages
...MONUMENT OF A NEWFOUNDLAND DOG BY LORD BYRON AN EXTRACT FROM INSCRIPTION ON THE MONUMENT OF A NEWFOUNDLAND DOG ..." 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." "Near this spot Are deposited... | |
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