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,... A Treasure Chest of Memories - Página 351por Joe Mitchell Chapple - 1911 - 447 páginasVisualização integral - Acerca deste livro
| Alaric Alexander Watts - 1828 - 430 páginas
...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...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. VIRGIL'S TOMB. BY THE... | |
| Alaric Alexander Watts - 1828 - 426 páginas
...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...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 Magazine. VIRGIL'S TOMB.... | |
| Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 264 páginas
...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...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 THE RAINBOW. CAMPBELL.... | |
| Alaric Alexander Watts - 1828 - 498 páginas
...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. VIRGIL'S TOMB. BY... | |
| John Pierpont - 1828 - 320 páginas
...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 to the Courses of... | |
| Ebenezer Porter - 1828 - 452 páginas
...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 ! We carved not a line, we raised not a stone, But we left him — alone with his glory ! 6. Eve lamenting the loss of Paradise.... | |
| William Brittainham Lacey - 1828 - 308 páginas
...him sleep on, In the grave where a Briton has laid him. But half of our heavy task was done, Wh«n the clock struck 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 ;... | |
| 1829 - 434 páginas
...him, — But little he '11 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...a stone — But we left him alone with his glory!' pp. 28-31. Mr Wolfe was keenly alive to the impressions of music, and entered into its poetry with... | |
| George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 páginas
...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...not a stone — But we left him alone with his glory ! VERSES. IF I had thought thou couldst have died, I might not weep for thee ; But I forgot, when by... | |
| Lyre - 1830 - 396 páginas
...done, When the clock told the hour for retiring ; And we heard the distant and random gun Of the enemy sullenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid him down,...not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory. THE WAR OF THE LEAGUE. BY THOMAS MACAULEY. Now glory to the Lord of Hosts, from whom all glories are... | |
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