Inscription On The Monument Of A Newfoundland Dog Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCDEEFFAAGGHHIIJJ KKLMNNWhen some proud son of man returns to earth | A |
Unknown to glory but upheld by birth | A |
The sculptor's art exhausts the pomp of woe | B |
And storied urns record who rest below | B |
When all is done upon the tomb is seen | C |
Not what he was but what he should have been | D |
But the poor dog in life the firmest friend | E |
The first to welcome foremost to defend | E |
Whose honest heart is still his master's own | F |
Who labours fights lives breathes for him alone | F |
Unhonour'd falls unnoticed all his worth | A |
Denied in heaven the soul he held on earth | A |
While Man vain insect hopes to be forgiven | G |
And claims himself a sole exclusive Heaven | G |
Oh Man thou feeble tenant of an hour | H |
Debased by slavery or corrupt by power | H |
Who knows thee well must quit thee with disgust | I |
Degraded mass of animated dust | I |
Thy love is lust thy friendship all a cheat | J |
Thy smiles hypocrisy thy words deceit | J |
By nature vile ennobled but by name | K |
Each kindred brute might bid thee blush for shame | K |
Ye who perchance behold this simple urn | L |
Pass on it honours none you wish to mourn | M |
To mark a Friend's remains these stones arise | N |
I never knew but one and here he lies | N |
George Gordon Lord Byron
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