 | 1857 - 804 pagina’s
...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 - 1857 - 344 pagina’s
...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 - 1858 - 588 pagina’s
...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 pagina’s
...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 - 1860 - 340 pagina’s
...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 pagina’s
...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,... | |
 | 1861 - 588 pagina’s
...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 pagina’s
...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,... | |
 | 1862 - 860 pagina’s
...Newfoundland dog of the late Earl of Dudley, to whom Lord Byron alludes in the following lines : — "See the poor dog, in life the firmest friend, The first...Who labours, fights, lives, breathes for him alone." It would be idle, however, to assert that Mr. Wyatt's reputation clung to him to the last. His life... | |
 | 1862 - 962 pagina’s
...Newfoundland dog of the late Earl of Dudley, to whom Lord Byrou alludes in the following lines : — "See the poor dog, in life the firmest friend, The first...welcome, foremost to defend : Whose honest heart is still hie master's own. Who labours, tight*, lives, breathes for him alone." It would be idle, however, to... | |
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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... 
