 | British melodies - 1820 - 280 trang
...toll'd the hour for retiring ; And we heard by the distant and random guq, 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. Sir John Moore,... | |
 | William Oxberry - 1821 - 448 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, Bat we left him alone with his glory. MARRIAGE CEREMONIES... | |
 | Renfrew county - 1821 - 542 trang
...author concludes. With imprc^. LSS wlutanized by th2 importance cf the moment, v:heu ths earth was. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame, fresh and gory, We carv'd not a line, we rais'd not a stone, But we left him alone in his glory. IV. THOU ART NOT FALSE.... | |
 | 1822 - 418 trang
...In the grave where a Briton has laid him. 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. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory; We carv'd... | |
 | 1823 - 450 trang
...task was done, When tue clock loll'd the hour of retiring, And we heard the dimaat. and random shot, That the foe was sullenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, Prom the field of his fame, fresh and gory ; — Wts caiVd not a line, we rajs'd not a stone, Вал... | |
 | Thomas Medwin - 1824 - 372 trang
...told 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 we left him alone with his glory." The feeling... | |
 | Thomas O'Connor - 1824 - 180 trang
...the clock told the hour for retiring, And we heard the distant 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 carv'd not a line, we raised not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory. V . *• \ TROM... | |
 | Soldier - 1824 - 518 trang
...In the grave where a Briton has laid him. 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. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory, We carved... | |
 | 1825 - 600 trang
...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 rais'd not a stone. But we left him alone with his glory !' We have... | |
 | 1825 - 508 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 hii glory !' THE TRIAL... | |
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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,... 
