...honour which they paid to the memory of the dead. CHAPTER XXVI " But the poor dog, in life the dearest friend, The first to welcome, foremost to defend,...Unhonoured falls, unnoticed all his worth, Denied in heaven the soul he had on earth." Byron. ' WHEN the last sad rites of burial had been performed over...

...processes. I 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....

...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...

...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...

...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 to welcome, foremost to defend, Whoso honest heart is still his master's own, Who labours, fights, lives, breathes for him alone, Unbonour'd...

...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...lives, breathes, for him alone, Unhonoured falls, unnotic'd all his worth, Denied in Heaven the soul he held on earth; While man, vain insect! hopes...

...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...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,...

...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...

...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,...

...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...