We have a winner--Karen Israel! She guessed correctly the inscription on the monument for Lord Byron's Newfoundland dog:

"The poor dog, in life the firmest friend,
The first to welcome, foremost to defend,
Whose honest heart is still the master's own,
Who labors, fights, lives, breathes for him alone,
Unhonored falls, unnoticed all his worth,
Denied in heaven the soul he held on earth,
While man, vain insect hopes to be forgiven,
And claims himself a sole exclusive heaven."

Not too cheery, I know...but I liked it anyway!

Congratulations, Karen! Care to do the next one, or is your schedule still hectic?

[This message has been edited by Smilla (edited November 15, 2000).]