 Near this spot Are deposited the Remains Of one Who Possessed Beauty Without Vanity, Strength without Insolence, Courage without Ferocity, And all the Virtues of Man Without his Vices. This Praise, which would be unmeaning flattery If inscribed over Human...  The Poetical Works of Lord Byron - Page 341by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1873Full view - About this book
 | 1881 - 884 pages
...possessed beauty without vanity, strength without insolence, courage without ferocity, and all the virtues of man without his vices. This praise, which...just tribute to the memory of — Boatswain, a dog." No man who went not " in and out" with his dog could have written " The Twa Dogs." The poem is, first... | |
 | Young men's Catholic assoc - 1881 - 418 pages
...possessed beauty without vanity, strength without insolence, courage without ferocity, and all the virtues of man without his vices. This praise, which...just tribute to the memory of— Boatswain, a dog." INFINITE MERCY. NOR the greatness of the crime, Nor the shortness of the time, Nor death's agony extreme,... | |
 | 1878 - 822 pages
...WOULD BE UNMEANING FLATTERY IF INSI i;i::i:nu\ l,l; HUMAN ASHBS, IS BTTT A JUST TBIBtlTB TO THE MP.MOHV OF BOATSWAIN, A DOG, WHO WAS BORN AT NEWFOUNDLAND, MAY 1803, AND DIED AT NKWSTKAD ABBKY, NOVEMBER 18, l8og. Popular and praised as ' the Friend of Man ' is, the other view... | |
 | 1883 - 778 pages
...possessed Beauty without Vanity, Strength without Insolence, Courage without Ferocity, And all the virtues of Man without his Vices. This Praise, which...Newfoundland, May, 1803, And died at Newstead Abbey, November 18, 1808. " On January 22, 1809, his lordship's coming of age was celebrated with festivities,... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1885 - 252 pages
...Strength without Insolence, And all the Virtues of Man without his Vices. Courage without Ferocity, This Praise, which would be unmeaning Flattery If...human ashes Is but a just tribute to the Memory of Who was born at Newfoundland, May 1803, And died at Newstead Abbey, Nov. 18, 1808.'* BOATSWAIN, a Dog,... | |
 | 1904 - 1174 pages
...possessed beauty without vanity, strength without Insolence, courage without ferocity, and all the virtues of man without his vices. This praise, which...Boatswain, a dog who was born at Newfoundland May 3, 1803, and died at Ncwstead Abbey November 18, 1808.' The dog has even Invaded the domain of art.... | |
 | Genevieve Stebbins - 1887 - 350 pages
...possessed beauty without vanity, Strength without insolence, Courage without ferocity, And all the virtues of man without his vices. This praise, which...a just tribute to the memory of Boatswain, a dog." Watch that restless crowd. Can you find me a human example? Appearing through the gleaming trees, with... | |
 | 1887 - 516 pages
...Beauty, without Vanity, — Strength without Insolenoe, — Courage .without Ferocity, — And all the Virtues of Man without his Vices. — This Praise,...unmeaning — Flattery — If inscribed over human ashes, — han firade sitt myndigblifvande, och som sedan välde mer eller mindre bittert och ymnigt ur djupet... | |
 | 1887 - 998 pages
...under namn af »Florence» besjungit uti »Childe Harold», för de grekiska flickorna Teresa, Mals bnt a just tribute to the memory of — BOATSWAIN, a Dog — •who was bom ät Newfoundland, May 1803 — And died at Newstead Abbey, Nov. 18, 1808". riana och Katinka. Ingen... | |
 | 1888 - 508 pages
...possessed Beauty without Vanity Strength without Insolence, Courage without Ferocity And all the Virtue of man without his Vices. This praise, which would...May, 1803, And died at Newstead Abbey, Nov. 18, 1808. On the opposite side is the following epitaph: When some proud son of man returns to earth, Unknown... | |
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