“Near this spotAre deposited the Remains of oneWho possessed …”

“Near this spotAre deposited the Remains of oneWho 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 FlatteryIf inscribed over human ashes,Is but a just tribute to the Memory ofBOATSWAIN, a DOG”

— Lord Byron

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Title: Wikiquote: Lord Byron
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Inscription on the monument of a Newfoundland dog (1808).

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Byron, Lord. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Lord Byron. Wikiquote. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Lord_Byron

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