Epitaph to a Dog
by Lord Byron (1809) — a poem card from Justes Mots
A furious, tender monument to a dog who had every virtue man claims for himself, and none of his vices.
When some proud son of man returns to earth,
Unknown to glory, but upheld by birth,
The sculptor's art exhausts the pomp of woe
And storied urns record who rest below:
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