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 | St. George Tucker - Bacon's Rebellion, 1676 - 1857 - 368 pages
...honour which they paid to the memory of the dead. CHAPTER XXVI " But the poor dog, in life the dearest friend, The first to welcome, foremost to defend,...Who labours, fights, lives, breathes for him alone, Unhonoured falls, unnoticed all his worth, Denied in heaven the soul he had on earth." Byron. ' WHEN... | |
 | Scotland - 1857 - 804 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 his master's own . Who labour'd, fought, breath'd, lived for him alone.'* Besides the Asiatics... | |
 | George Frederick Pardon - Dogs - 1857 - 344 pages
...hope you will find both profit and amusement from my labours. CHAPTER I. ABOUT DOGS IN GENERAL. 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. BTEON.... | |
 | Edward Jesse - Dogs - 1858 - 588 pages
...full of examples of fidelity in the dog than in friends; and Lord Byron characterises him as — " in life the firmest friend, The first to welcome,...Who labours, fights, lives, breathes for him alone ; " and truly indeed may he be called " The rich man's guardian, and ttte poor man's friend." " His... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1859 - 586 pages
...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 first to welcome, foremost to defend, Whoso honest heart is still his master's own, Who labours, fights, lives, breathes for him alone, Unbonour'd... | |
 | John Potter Hamilton - Falconry - 1860 - 340 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 first...Who labours, fights, lives, breathes, for him alone, Unhonoured falls, unnotic'd all his worth, Denied in Heaven the soul he held on earth; While man, vain... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1861 - 734 pages
...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 first...Who labours, fights, lives, breathes for him alone, Unhonour'd falls, unnoticed all his worth, Denied in heaven the soul he held on earth : While man,... | |
 | Agriculture - 1861 - 588 pages
...respectable looking dog, licensed, collared, and whose name and residence are duly registered, "Man's firmest friend, The first to welcome, foremost to...Whose honest heart Is still his master's own, Who tabor», fight«, lires, breathes for him alone," — it is not this dog, I contend, who should be... | |
 | 1861 - 520 pages
...it's not in my rôle." " You'll write on the Cid's grave," said De Vigne, " as Byron on Boatswain's, In life the firmest friend, The first to welcome, foremost to defend." " Yes, indeed ; and like him I may add: I never had but one, and here he lies. The Cid," said Sabretasche,... | |
 | James Moore - Dogs - 1863 - 344 pages
...11 UPPER BERKELEY STREET, PORTMAH SQUARE, Nov. 1, 1863. BYRON'S EPITAPH ON HIS NEWFOUNDLAND DOG. ' The poor dog ! in life the firmest friend, The first...Who labours, fights, lives, breathes for him alone." CONTENTS. Page PREFACE, . .... iii TABLE OF CONTENTS, ..... v INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. I. EXAMINATION... | |
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