 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
 | 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... | |
 | 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...Who labors, fights, lives, breathes for him alone, Unhonour'd falls, unnoticed all his worth, Denied in heaven the soul he held on earth : While man,... | |
 | 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...Whose honest heart is still his master's own, Who labours, fights, lives, breathes for him alone." "Near this spot Are deposited the Remains of one Who... | |
 | 1916 - 200 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 in earth; While man, vain insect! hopes to be forgiven, And claims... | |
 | Joseph Franklin Perry - 1916 - 440 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...Who labors, fights, lives, breathes for him alone, Unhonor'd falls, unnoticed all his worth, Denied in heaven the soul he held on earth ; While man, vain... | |
 | 1917 - 308 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...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... | |
 | Jasper Mauduit - 1918 - 954 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 ; Unhonoured falls, unnoticed all his worth, Denied... | |
 | Robert Frothingham - 1920 - 204 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... | |
 | Henry Harrison Metcalf, John Norris McClintock - 1924 - 714 pages
...or weak. The following quotation from Byron is an excellent portrait of the dog, our truest friend: "But the poor dog, in life the firmest friend, The...Who labors, fights, lives, breathes for him alone." —Byron Millions of people own dogs in the world, but few people really keep them. A canine member... | |
 | Walter Alwyn Briscoe - 1924 - 350 pages
...rest 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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