 But the poor 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...  Albany Law Journal - Page 2311888Full view - About this book
 | Mary Milner - 1846 - 808 pages
...When all is done, upon the tomb is seen Not what he toos, but what he should have been : But THE POOA DOG, in life the firmest friend, The first to welcome,...Whose honest heart is still his master's own, Who labours, fights, lives, breathes for him alone, Unhonour'd falls, unnoticed all his worth, Denied in... | |
 | H. D. Richardson - 1847 - 154 pages
...with the following lines from Lord Byron's beautiful epitaph on his favourite " Boatswain" : — " The poor dog ! in life the firmest friend, The first..."Whose honest heart is still his master's own — Who labours, fights, lives, breathes, for him alone." The true breed is about twenty-six inches in height... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1848 - 428 pages
...rests below ; When all is done, upon the tomb is seen, Not what he was, but what he should have been : But the poor dog, in life the firmest friend, The...him alone, Unhonored falls, unnoticed all his worth, Denied in heaven the soul he held on earth : While man, vain insect ! hopes to be forgiven, And claims... | |
 | 1874 - 714 pages
...unknown. If matchless fidelity deserves an honourable monument, hers ought to be a noble one : — ' " But, the poor dog, in life the firmest friend, The first to welcome, foremost to defend ; Unhonoured falls. Unnoticed all his worth." Gough was buried at Tirril, near Penrith. It appears... | |
 | H D. Richardson - 1851 - 152 pages
...with the following lines from Lord Byron's beautiful epitaph on his favourite " Boatswain :" — " The poor dog ! in life the firmest friend, The first...Whose honest heart is still his master's own — Who labours, fights, lives, breathes for him alone." The true Newfoundland breed is about twenty-six inches... | |
 | William Harrison Ainsworth - 1851 - 570 pages
...guide when I can help it. The only companion I li li' on a roving excursion is a faithful and attached dog.. In life the firmest friend The first to welcome, foremost to defend — with whom you feel perfectly unrestrained, and whose sagacity is onfy equalled by his devoted attachment.... | |
 | Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - 1852 - 438 pages
...rests below; When all is done, upon the tomb is seen, Not what he was, but what he should have been: But the poor dog, in life the firmest friend, The...Whose honest heart is still his master's own, Who labours, fights, lives, breathes for him alone, Unhonour'd falls , unnoticed all his worth, Denied... | |
 | 1853 - 428 pages
...tomb is seen, Not what he was, but what he should have been : But the poor dog, in life the warmest friend, The first to welcome, foremost to defend, Whose honest heart is still his master's own, Who labours, fights, lives, breathes for his alone, Unhonour'd falls, unnoticed all his worth, Denied in... | |
 | 1853 - 420 pages
...tomb is seen, Not what he was, but what he should have been : But the poor dog, in life the warmest friend, The first to welcome, foremost to defend, Whose honest heart is still his master's own, Who labours, fights, lives, breathes for his alone, Unhonour'd falls, unnoticed all his worth, Denied in... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1854 - 320 pages
...rests below : When all is done, upon the tomb is seen, Not what he was, but what he should have been : But the poor dog, in life the firmest friend, The...Whose honest heart is still his master's own, Who labours, fights, lives, breathes for him alone, Unhonour'd falls, unnoticed all his worth, Denied in... | |
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