 | George Gordon Noėl Byron - 1826 - 804 pągines
...proud son of man returns to earth, Unknown to glory, but upheld by birth, The sculptor's art exhaust* gh my thought: whnt he should have been : But the poor dog, in life the firmest friend, Tin! first to welcome, foremost... | |
 | 1828 - 612 pągines
...INSCRIPTION ON THE MONUMENT OF A NEWFOUNDLAND DOG. (BT LORD UYRON.) " WHEH some proud son of man returns to earth, Unknown to glory, but upheld by birth, The sculptor's art exhausts the pomp of wo, And storied urns record who rests below: When all is done, upon the tomb is seen, Not what he was,... | |
 | Thomas Brown - 1829 - 590 pągines
...died at Newstead, Nottinghamshire, October, 1808. THE EPITAPH. When some proud son of man returns to earth, Unknown to glory, but upheld by birth, The sculptor's art exhausts the pomp of wo, And storied urns record who rests below. When all is done — upon the tomb is seen, Not what he... | |
 | 802 pągines
...0. WB " When some proud son of man returns to earth, Unknown to glory, but upheld by birth — ***** When all is done, upon the tomb is seen, Not what he was, but what he should have been1; But the poor dog, in life the firmest friend , The first to welcome, foremost to defend, Whose... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1832 - 350 pągines
...mother on this same 2d November, announcing his intention of sailing for India in March 1809. — E. The sculptor's art exhausts the pomp of woe, And storied...below ; When all is done, upon the tomb is seen, Not w)|at he was, but what he should have been : But the poor dog, in life the firmest friend, The first... | |
 | B. A. Eaton - 1833 - 66 pągines
...the vault! of tvhich the remains of Columbus are interred. " When some proud son of man returns to earth, Unknown to glory, but upheld by birth, The...seen, Not what he was, but what he should have been." WHEN some proud hero yields his breath, And bows him to the victor— Death, What tribute does a nation... | |
 | Edward Jesse - 1834 - 352 pągines
...satisfaction in recording this instance of his kind fidelity. When some proud son of man returns to earth, Unknown to glory, but upheld by birth ; The...pomp of woe, And storied urns record who rests below; But the poor dog, in life the firmest friend, The first to welcome, foremost to defend; Whose honest... | |
 | Edward Jesse - 1834 - 372 pągines
...satisfaction in recording this instance of his kind fidelity. ' When some proud son of man returns to carth, ' Unknown to glory, but upheld by birth ; ' The sculptor's...of woe, ' And storied urns record who rests below ; ' But the poor dog, in life the firmest friend, ' The first to welcome, foremost to defend ; ' Whose... | |
 | John Parish Robertson, William Parish Robertson - 1838 - 238 pągines
...Hero's death led me again to peruse, I sincerely sympathized. " When some proud son of man returns to earth, Unknown to glory, but upheld by birth, The sculptor's art exhausts the pomp of wo, And storied urns record who rests below. When all is done, upon the tomb is seen, Not what he was,... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1838 - 336 pągines
...MONUMENT OP A DOO. WHKN some proud son of man returns to earth, Unknown to glory, but upheld by hirth, The sculptor's art exhausts the pomp of woe, And storied urns record who rests helow ; When all is done, upon the tomh is seen. Not what he was, hut what he should have been : But... | |
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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 rests below • When all is done, upon the tomb is seen, Not what he was, but what he should have... 
