Near this spotAre deposited the Remains of oneWho possessed BeautyWithout Vanity,Strength without Insolence,Courage without Ferocity,And all the Virtues of ManWithout his Vices.This Praise, which would be unmeaning flatteryIf inscribed over Human Ashes,Is but a just tribute to the Memory of“Boatswain,” a DogWho was born at Newfoundland, May, 1803,And died at Newstead Abbey Nov. 18, 1808.
Near this spotAre deposited the Remains of oneWho possessed BeautyWithout Vanity,Strength without Insolence,Courage without Ferocity,And all the Virtues of ManWithout his Vices.This Praise, which would be unmeaning flatteryIf inscribed over Human Ashes,Is but a just tribute to the Memory of“Boatswain,” a DogWho was born at Newfoundland, May, 1803,And died at Newstead Abbey Nov. 18, 1808.
Lord Byron (1788-1824)