Tribute to a Dog

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=80 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF" bgproperties="fixed" background="09300500dvldtc.png"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Bradley Hand ITC" ><B>Vanderbilt Samoyeds </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Bradley Hand ITC" >-</FONT><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Bradley Hand ITC" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Bradley Hand ITC" >striving for global breed type</FONT><B>   |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Vanderbilt Samoyeds"><U><B>home</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="mailto:samoyeds@gmail.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:samoyeds@gmail.com"><U><B>e-mail</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id76.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Dawson"><U>Dawson</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id72.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Akasha"><U>Akasha</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id61.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Drift"><U>Drift</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id249.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Godspeed"><U>Godspeed</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id132.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Saying Goodbye"><U>Saying Goodbye</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id133.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Rainbow Bridge"><U>Rainbow Bridge</U></A>   |   <B>Tribute to a Dog</B></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="094d2c00dvldtc.png"> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="169" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 115 WIDTH="163"><div> <IMG SRC="3fd0f400.gif" border=0 width="15" height="64" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="8" VSPACE="8"></div> <bR> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=400 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> Tribute to a Dog</div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="565" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 806 WIDTH="559"><div> <I>Inscription on the Monument of a Dog</I></div> <div> by Lord Byron </div> <bR> <div> When some proud son of man returns to earth Unknown to glory, but upheld by birth, The sculptur'd art exhausts the art of woe, And stoned urns record who rest 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; Whose honest heart is still his master's own, 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, vain insect! hopes to be forgiven, And claimls himself sole exclusive of Heaven! Oh, man! thou feeble tenant of an hour, </div> <div> Debas'd by slavery, or corrupt by power, Who knows thee well, must quit thee with disgust, Degraded mass of animated dust! By nature vile, ennobled but by name, Each kindred brute might bid thee blush for shame. Ye! who, perchance, behold this single Urn Pass on--it none you wish to mourn: To mark a Friend's remains these stones arise, I never knew but one, and here he lies. </div> <div> Newstead Abbey, November 30,1808 </div> <div> <IMG SRC="3d582780.gif" border=0 width="130" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="8" VSPACE="8"></div> <div> On one side of the pedestal supporting the antique urn he had inscribed: </div> <bR> <div> 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 ASHES IS BUT A JUST TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY OF BOATSWAIN, A DOG WHO WAS BORN AT NEWFOUNDLAND, MAY 1803, AND DIED AT NEWSTEAD ABBEY, </div> <div> NOVEMBER 18, 1808. </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>   <script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript">var site="s10vanderbilt"</script> <script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript1.2" src="http://s10.sitemeter.com/js/counter.js?site=s10vanderbilt"> </script> <noscript> <a href="http://s10.sitemeter.com/stats.asp?site=s10vanderbilt" target="_top"> <img src="http://s10.sitemeter.com/meter.asp?site=s10vanderbilt" alt="Site Meter" border=0></a> </noscript>    </div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>