 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 rest below : When all is done, upon the tomb is seen, Not what he was, but what he should have...  The British Critic: A New Review - Page 2911814Full view - About this book
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...which is the following Inscription on tfit Monument of a Ncicfoundlanrl Dog. " WHEN some proud sou of man returns to earth, Unknown to glory, but upheld...by birth ; The sculptor's art exhausts the pomp of woo. And storied urns record who rests below ; When all is done — upon the tomb is scan. Not what... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1818 - 336 pages
...heart, frail chain, and silent lute. 4. xxxiv. Inscription on the Monument of a Neirfound* land Dog. WHEN some proud son of man returns to earth, Unknown to glory, but upheld by birth, The sculptor"s art exhants the pomp of woe, And storied urns record who rests below; When all is done,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 308 pages
...MONUMENT OF A NEWFOUNDLAND DOG. WHEX some proud son of man returns to earth, Unknown to glory, bnt upheld by birth, The sculptor's art exhausts the pomp...all is done, upon the tomb is seen, Not what he was, bnt what he should have been: But the poor dog, in life the firmest friend, The first to welcome, foremost... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1821 - 404 pages
...much to parl, As if its guilt had made thcc mine. INSCRIPTION ON THE MONUMENT OF A NEWFOUNDLAND DOG. WHEN some proud son of man returns to earth, Unknown...birth. The sculptor's art exhausts the pomp of woe, And stoned urns record who rests below ; When all is done, upon the tomb is seen, Not what he was, but... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1823 - 468 pages
...blending, I worship more, but cannot love thec less. Inscription on the Monument of a Neivfoundland Dog. WHEN some proud son of man returns to earth, Unknown...is seen, Not what he was, but what he should have beeti : But the poor dog, in life the firmest friend, The first to welcome, foremost to defend, Whose... | |
 | Walter Scott - Europe - 1823 - 786 pages
...of BOATSWAIN, A DOG, who was born in Newfoundland, May, 1 803, and died at Newstead, Nov. 18, 1808. WHEN some proud son of man returns to earth, Unknown...exhausts the pomp of woe, And storied urns record who rest below ; When all is done, upon the tomb is seen, Not what he was, but what he should have been.... | |
 | Walter Scott - Europe - 1823 - 780 pages
...of BOATSWAIN, A DOG, who was born in Newfoundland, May, 1803, and died at Newstead, Nov. 18, 1808. WHEN some proud son of man returns to earth, Unknown...exhausts the pomp of woe, And storied urns record who rest below ; When all is done, upon the tomb is seen, Not what he was, but what he should have been.... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1824 - 332 pages
...should I great thee? — With silence and tears. INSCRIPTION ON THE MONUMENT OF A NEWFOUNDLAND DOG. WHEN some proud son of man returns to earth, Unknown to glory, hut upheld hy hirth, The sculptor's art exhausts the pomp of wo, And storied urns record who rests... | |
 | George Clinton (biographer of Byron.) - 1825 - 314 pages
...Boatswain, a dog, who was born in Newfoundland, May, 1803, and died at Newstead, October, 1 808. ' When some proud son of man returns to earth, Unknown...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 been. But the... | |
 | Poets, English - 1825 - 454 pages
...Memory of BOATSWAIN, a Dog, Who was born at Newfoundland, May 1803, And died at , Nov. 18, 1808.' ' When some proud son of man returns to earth, Unknown to glory, but upheld by birth, NEWSTEAD ABBEY. f)l The sculptor's art exhausts the pomp of woe, And storied urns record who rests... | |
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