tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post2988267200208595627..comments2023-10-20T11:17:47.246-04:00Comments on Two Nerdy History Girls: "All the Virtues of Man without his Vices": Lord Byron's Dog Boatswain, 1803-1808Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-91087758698164546852017-07-08T03:44:11.397-04:002017-07-08T03:44:11.397-04:00Epitaph to Byron : Your are not alone !
No matter...Epitaph to Byron : Your are not alone !<br /><br />No matter where you may stay!<br />For we believe to know you:<br />Oh! Though you part from day,<br />No heart will ever leave you. <br />We scarcely mourn you even,<br />We sing in envy of your fate:<br />To you in days dark and days of heaven,<br />were given song and courage, true and great.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-80839124761526144952017-05-29T10:21:00.192-04:002017-05-29T10:21:00.192-04:00Wonderful story ! What a man !Wonderful story ! What a man !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-40636016601106359102015-08-30T12:56:06.972-04:002015-08-30T12:56:06.972-04:00A beautifully written tale of a grown man's en...A beautifully written tale of a grown man's enduring love for his dog. There are a few accounts of people wanting to be buried alongside a favorite animal companion. In this case, the denial of Byron's wish didn't seem to be based on notions of desecration, but rather on traffic. I wonder if there are many others who had been buried with their pets. By any chance, would you have a link to a copy of Byron's will? Many thanks!Eric Greenehttp://greenpetburial.org/projects/whole-family_cemeteries/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-6377443791206840022011-06-28T19:56:09.026-04:002011-06-28T19:56:09.026-04:00Someone poisoned my cat when I was young and I had...Someone poisoned my cat when I was young and I had to watch him die. Then I was small and my father sat with me and we cried together. I don't think I could put a beloved pet through such suffering if I knew the outcome was preordained.Louise Partainnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-87167187127151671292011-06-28T06:46:54.366-04:002011-06-28T06:46:54.366-04:00Lauren R & Susan E, you're welcome. I'...Lauren R & Susan E, you're welcome. I've always found that pets are one of those little ways that people of the past seem very much like people of today.<br /><br />Louise, Byron WAS a remarkably selfish (and self-centered) man, no matter his talent and charm. That said, I can understand his anguish. Putting a beloved pet out of its misery is a most difficult thing to do.Isabella Bradford/Susan Holloway Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00997375216314200469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-88207748953730100342011-06-27T16:14:55.249-04:002011-06-27T16:14:55.249-04:00Pretty dog! Such devotion that even with rabies he...Pretty dog! Such devotion that even with rabies he wouldn't attack. Did Byron have a death wish that he would nurse a rabid dog? Why didn't he just put Boatswain out of his suffering? <br /><br />I am sorry folks, but there were no shots for rabies victims back then and no hope of recovery for a rabid animal. Pretty selfish of the poet if you ask me.Louise Partainnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-49607949263569166422011-06-27T07:08:34.086-04:002011-06-27T07:08:34.086-04:00Thank you for this. I have read about Boatswain b...Thank you for this. I have read about Boatswain but never knew there was a picture of him. Susan EAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-28623163322947321812011-06-27T03:08:00.350-04:002011-06-27T03:08:00.350-04:00I thoroughly enjoyed this, thank you for posting. ...I thoroughly enjoyed this, thank you for posting. I don't know why but I'm fascinated by the dogs of history...:-)Lauren Rhttp://americanduchess.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com