 | Grantley Fitzhardinge Berkeley - 1865 - 390 pages
...method and example afforded to his observance by the conduct of his huntsman or master. " Oh, the good dog ! in life the firmest friend, The first to welcome, foremost to defend." He should never be ill-treated ; if caught red-handed in the wrong, one slight blow, given on the instant,... | |
 | Eli Bowen - Coal - 1865 - 512 pages
...what he should hare been ; But the poor dog, in life tho firmest friend, The first to welcome, the foremost to defend, Whose honest heart is still his master's own, ' Who labors, fighU, lives, breathes for him alone, Unhonored falls, unnoticed all his worth, Denied in heaven the... | |
 | 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...Whose honest heart is still his master's own, Who labours, fights, lives, breathes for him alone. 2. The rich man's guardian and the poor man's friend,... | |
 | 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...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 reference... | |
 | 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...Who labors, fights, lives, breathes for him alone, Unhonored falls, unnoticed all his worth. Denied in heaven the soul he held on earth ; While man, vain... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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...Who labors, fights, lives, breathes for him alone, Unhpnour'd falls, unnoticed all his worth, Denied in heaven the soul he held on earth : While man,... | |
 | 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...Whose honest heart is still his master's own, Who labours, fights, lives, breathes for him alone." "Near this spot Are deposited the Remains of one Who... | |
 | 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...Who labors, fights, lives, breathes for him alone, Unhonor'd falls, unnoticed all his worth, Denied in heaven the soul he held on earth ; While man, vain... | |
 | 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...Who labors, fights, lives, breathes for him alone, Unhonored falls, unnoticed all his worth, Denied in heaven the soul he held on earth ; While man, vain... | |
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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... 
