Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Epitaph To A Dog

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 NewfoundlandMay1803
And died at Newstead Abbey Nov. 181808

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