Album: Life Is Good

NASH BUCKINGHAM "Tell me, if you can, of anything that's finer than an evening in camp with a rare old friend and a dog after one's heart." JOHN NORTHBROOKE "He cannot be a gentleman which loveth not a dog." LORD BYRON Inscription on the Monument of a Newfoundland Dog "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." PLEASE SEE the HomePage Blog for a collection of dog quotations.

ST. JOHN LUCAS (1879-1934) - "The curate thinks you have no soul; I know that he has none. But you, Dear friend, whose solemn self-control, in our foursquare familiar pew, Was pattern to my youth-whose bark called me in summer dawns to rove- Have you gone down into the dark where none is welcome-none may love? I will not think those good brown eyes have spent their life of truth so soon; But in some canine paradise your wraith, I know, rebukes the moon, And quarters every plain and hill, seeking his master...As for me, This prayer at least the gods fulfill: That when I pass the flood and see Old Charon by the Stygian coast take toll of all the shades who land, Your little, faithful, barking ghost may leap to lick my phantom hand." RUDYARD KIPLING "The Power of the Dog" - When the body that lived at your single will, When the whimper of welcome is stilled (How still!), When the spirit that answered your every mood Is gone - wherever it goes - for good, You will discover how much you care, And will give your heart (again) to a dog to tear! BIRD DOGS AND BIRD HUNTING IN HEAVEN? http://www.shotgunworld.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?t=76246&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0