Lord Byron on Dogs

“Perchance my dog will whine in vain   Till fed by stranger hands; But long ere I come back again   He'd tear me where he stands.”

“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.”