 | Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 264 trang
...clock tolled" the hour for retiring, And we heard the distant and random gun, That the foe was suddenly firing — Slowly and sadly we laid him down^ From the field of his fame fresh and gory! We carved not a line, we raised not a stone, But we left him — alone with his glory! r ADDRESS TO... | |
 | Alaric Alexander Watts - 1828 - 426 trang
...tolled the hour for retiring ; And we heard, by the distant and random gun, That the foe was suddenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame, fresh and gory : We carved not a line, — we raised not a stone, But left him alone in his glory. Blittkicovil's... | |
 | Alaric Alexander Watts - 1828 - 430 trang
...tolled the hour for retiring ; And we heard, by the distant and random gun, That the foe was suddenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame, fresh and gory : We carved not a line,— we raised not a stone, But left him alone in his glory. B/uckwood's Magazine.... | |
 | J[ohn] H[anbury]. Dwyer - 1828 - 314 trang
...toll'd the hour for retiring, And we knew by the distant random gun, That the foe was then suddenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory, We carv'd not a line, we raised not a stone, But left' him alone — with his glory. WINTER IN COPENHAGEN.... | |
 | Alaric Alexander Watts - 1828 - 498 trang
...And we heard, by the distant and random gun, That the foe was suddenly firing. 96 THE POETICAL ALBUM. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame, fresh and gory : We carved not a line, — we raised not a stone, But left him alone in his glory. BlackwoocCs Magazine.... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 266 trang
...the grave where a Briton has laid him." But half of our heavy task was done, When the clock tolled the hour for retiring, And we heard the distant and random gun, That the foe was suddenly firing — Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and goryh We... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1828 - 320 trang
...distant random gun, That the foe was suddenly firing. When the clock tolled the hour for retiring ; Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory; We carved not a line, we raised not a stone, But left him alone with his glory. LESSON CVI. War contrary... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1828 - 452 trang
...grave where a Briton has laid him." 7 But half of our heavy task was done, . When the clock toll'd the hour for retiring, And we heard the distant and random gun, That the foe was suddenly firing — 8 Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory... | |
 | 1828 - 814 trang
...In the grave where a Briton has laid him. But half of our heavy task was done, When the clock tolled the hour for retiring ; And we heard the distant and random gun Of the enemy sullenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and... | |
 | 1829 - 434 trang
...they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him. ' But half of our heavy task was done, When the clock struck the hour for retiring ; And...him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory ; We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone — But we left him alone with his glory!' pp. 28-31.... | |
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Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him ; But little he'll reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him ! But half of our heavy task was done When the clock struck the hour for retiring,... 
