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, Unhonoured falls, unnoticed all his worth, Denied in heaven the soul... The Works of Lord Byron: With His Letters and Journals, - Page 293by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1832Full view - About this book
| Monthly literary register - 1821 - 678 pages
...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 been. But the poor...alone, Unhonour'd falls, unnoticed all his worth, Deny'd in Heaven the soul he held on earth. While Man, vain insect ! hopes to be forgiven ; And claims... | |
| John Cam Hobhouse Baron Broughton, George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - College verse, English - 1809 - 288 pages
...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 been : But the poor...lives, breathes for him alone ; Unhonour'd falls, unnotic'd all his worth, Denied in heaven the soul he held on earth : While man, vain insect ! hopes... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - Istanbul (Turkey) - 1814 - 330 pages
...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 been : But the poor...fights, lives, breathes for him alone, Unhonour'd falls, unnotic'd all his worth, Denied in heaven the soul he held on earth : While man, vain insect ! hopes... | |
| 362 pages
...When all is done — upon the tomb is scan. Not what he was — but what he would have been ; Bnt this poor Dog, in life the firmest friend, The first to welcome — foremost to defend ; AVhose honest heart is still his master's own. Who labours, fights, lives, breathes, for him alone... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1816 - 234 pages
...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 been : But the poor...Who labours, fights, lives, breathes for him alone, Unhonoured falls, unnoticed all his worth, Denied in heaven the soul he held on earth : While man,... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1817 - 226 pages
...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 been: But the poor...Who labours, fights, lives, breathes for him alone, Unhonoured falls, unnoticed all his worth, Denied in heaven the soul he held on earth: While man, vain... | |
| Scotland - 1857 - 878 pages
...we are writing about, can altogether compensate for the loss of that rough savage Kootch —that " Poor dog, in life the firmest friend, The first to welcome, foremost to defend ; Whose honest heart was still hi» master's own, Who labour-d, fought, breath'd, lived for him alone." Besides the Asiatics... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1818 - 152 pages
...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 been : But the poor...welcome, foremost to defend, Whose honest heart is still bis master's own, Who labours, fights, lives, breathes for him alone, Unhonour'd falls, unnoticed all... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1821 - 404 pages
...of woe, And stoned urns record who rests below ; When all is done, upon the tomb is seen, Not what he was, but what he should have been : But the poor...Who labours, fights, lives, breathes for him alone, Unhonourcd falls, unnoticed all his worth, Denied in heaven the sou! he held on earth : While man,... | |
| English literature - 1834 - 566 pages
...more than ordinary size, and of most amazing beauty. His Lordship loved the animal — " -^— — in life the firmest friend, The first to welcome, foremost to defend," — and determined that his memory should, if possible, be perpetuated. As to the manner in which this... | |
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