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 rest below : When all is done, upon the tomb is seen, Not what he was, but what he should have... The Bombay Quarterly Review - Page 921857Full view - About this book
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...which is the following Inscription on tfit Monument of a Ncicfoundlanrl Dog. " WHEN some proud sou of man returns to earth, Unknown to glory, but upheld...by birth ; The sculptor's art exhausts the pomp of woo. And storied urns record who rests below ; When all is done — upon the tomb is scan. Not what... | |
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...of Boatswain, a dog, who was born in Newfoundland, May, 1803, and died at Newitead, October, 1808. WHEN some proud son of man returns to earth, Unknown...And storied urns record who rests below; When all is done—upon the tomb is seen, Not what he was—but what he would have been: But this poor dog, in... | |
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