Epitaph to a Newfoundland dog (Lord Byron) Newstead Abbey, November 30,1808 On one side of the pedestal supporting the urn containing Boatswain's remains, he had inscribed: 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 Newfoundland, May 1803, and died at Newstead Abbey, November 18, 1808. Back | Home | Email