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 112de George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1818 - 114 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
| Edward Jesse - 1834 - 372 pages
...birth ; ' The sculptor's art exhausts the pomp of woe, ' And storied urns record who rests below ; ' But the poor dog, in life the firmest friend, ' The...foremost to defend ; ' Whose honest heart is still his master's own, ' Who labours, fights, lives, breathes for him alone ; ' Unhonour'd falls, unnoticed... | |
| Thomas Thacker - 1834 - 494 pages
...Somerville says, n,te creation are mau's property, Subservimt to his will, and for him made." And Byron, " 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." Thus we have every manifestation... | |
| Edward Jesse - 1835 - 352 pages
...companions are induced to follow his movements. That they do so, however, is placed beyond a doubt. ' the poor dog, in life the firmest friend, ' The first...foremost to defend, ' Whose honest heart is still his master's own, ' Who labours, fights, lives, breathes for him alone. BYRON. ' Histories are more... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1837 - 308 pages
...still a conspicuous ornament In the garlen of Newstead. The following is the Inscription by which the The sculptor's art exhausts the pomp of woe, And storied...welcome, foremost to defend, Whose honest heart is still his master's own, Who labours, fights, lives, breathes for him alone, Unhonour'd falls, unnotic'd all... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1836 - 354 pages
...sailing for India in March 1809. — E. The sculptor's art exhausts the pomp of woe, And storied urnr record who rests below ; When all is done, upon the...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... | |
| Samuel Carter Hall - 1838 - 412 pages
...complete ami admirable. It ii in esqulsite tpccimen of typography. BYRON. INSCRIPTION ON THE MONUMENT OP A DOG. WHEN some proud son of man returns to earth,...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... | |
| Samuel Carter Hall - 1838 - 348 pages
...admirable. It Is an exquisite ipvrimrn of typography. BYKON. INSCRIPTION ON THE MONUMENT OF A DOO. 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 aluni, Unhonour'd falls, unnoticed all... | |
| John Parish Robertson, William Parish Robertson - 1838 - 374 pages
...but in his tribute to the dog, which Hero's death led me again to peruse, I sincerely sympathised. " 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— UnhonourM falls — unnoticed... | |
| John Parish Robertson, William Parish Robertson - 1838 - 238 pages
...returns to earth, Unknown to glory, but upheld by birth, The sculptor's art exhausts the pomp of wo, And storied urns record who rests below. When all...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... | |
| Samuel Carter Hall - 1838 - 336 pages
...storied urns record who rests helow ; When all is done, upon the tomh is seen. Not what he was, hut what he should have been : But the poor dog, in life...welcome, foremost to defend, Whose honest heart is still his master's own, Who lahours, fights, lives, hreathes for him alone, Unhonour'd falls, unnoticed all... | |
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