 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...  The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, for the Year ... - Page 3721862Full 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... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1910 - 650 pages
...the name of the author of the following, and the title of the poems in which the Unes occur : — 1. The poor dog, in life the firmest friend. The first...Who labours, fights, lives, breathes for him alone. 2. The rich man's guardian and the poor man's friend, The only creature faithful to the end. FD WESLEY.... | |
 | William Winter - Great Britain - 1911 - 446 pages
...the virtue and fidelity of the canine animal as superior to that of any possible human being, — But the poor dog, in life the firmest friend, The first...Whose honest heart is still his master's own, Who labors, fights, loves, breathes for him alone, — I could not but remember its erratic author's subsequent... | |
 | Outdoor recreation - 1890 - 530 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...Whose honest heart is still his master's own, Who labors, fights, lives, breathes for him alone, Unhonored falls, unnoticed all his worth. Denied in... | |
 | Hanford Lennox Gordon - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1913 - 460 pages
...When the dogs bark hold your tongue. Poor people keep dogs to eat the bread of their children. But the poor dog, in life the firmest friend, The first to welcome, foremost to defend ! — Byron. 'Tis sweet to hear the honest watch-dog's bark Bay deep-mouthed welcome as we draw near... | |
 | Pets - 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...Who labours, fights, lives, breathes for him alone." "Near this spot Are deposited the Remains of one Who possessed Beauty without Vanity, Strength without... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1915 - 1330 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 first...Whose honest heart is still his master's own, Who labors, fights, lives, breathes for him alone, Unhpnour'd falls, unnoticed all his worth, Denied in... | |
 | Joseph Franklin Perry - Dogs - 1916 - 440 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...Whose honest heart is still his master's own, Who labors, fights, lives, breathes for him alone, Unhonor'd falls, unnoticed all his worth, Denied in... | |
 | Law - 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 first...Whose honest heart is still his master's own, Who labors, fights, lives, breathes for him alone, Unhonored falls, unnoticed all his worth, Denied in... | |
 | Jasper Mauduit - Massachusetts - 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 first...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,... | |
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