 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
 | John Palgrave Simpson - 1846 - 938 pages
...The element of water moistens the earth ; But blood flies upwards and bedews the heavens. WEBSTER. But the poor dog, in life the firmest friend, The...welcome, foremost to defend, Whose honest heart is still his master's own, Who labours, fights, lives, breathes for him alone, Unhonour'd dies — BYRON. UPON... | |
 | 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, 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... | |
 | 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...foremost to defend : "Whose honest heart is still his master's own — Who labours, fights, lives, breathes, for him alone." The true breed is about... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1848 - 428 pages
...should I greet thee ?— With silence and tears. INSCRIPTION OX THE >[• iM'MKNT OF AX EWFOrXT.LANlJ DOG. WHEN some proud son of man returns to earth,...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... | |
 | 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...welcome, foremost to defend ; Whose honest heart is still his master's own — Who labours, fights, lives, breathes for him alone." The true Newfoundland breed... | |
 | 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
...Echo finden, die er vorbringt, koonen wir doch nicht von ihm lassen." Inscription on the Monument of 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
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