 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
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1839
...let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him." 7 But half of our heavy task was done, g) Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory! We carved not a lme, we raised not a stone, But left him — alone with his glory! Wolfe. EXERCISE 30. Eve lamenting... | |
 | Fitz-Greene Halleck - 1840
...upbraid him ; But little he'll reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a-Britop has. laid him. But half of our heavy task was done When the clock...carved not a line, and we raised not a stone, But left him alone with his glory. It I had thought thou couldst have died, I might not weep for thee ;... | |
 | Lyre - 1841 - 344 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. V THE WAR OF THE LEAGUE. A / . BY THOMAS MACAULEY. Now glory to the Lord of Hosts, from whom all glories... | |
 | Lyre - 1841 - 344 páginas
...done, When the clock told the hour for retiring ; Aud 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... | |
 | Cam river - 1841
...where a Briton has laid him. But half of our dreary task was done, When the clock told the hour of retiring; And we heard the distant and random gun,...of his fame fresh and gory ; We carved not a line, we raised not a stone, But we left him alone in his glory. WOLFE. HEY MY CHICKEN. HEY my chicken, my... | |
 | Book - 1841 - 139 páginas
...the billow ! Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that 's gone. And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him ; But half of our heavy task was done, When the clock...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... | |
 | Old Humphrey - 1842 - 340 páginas
...upbraid 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...not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory.' " " They are beautifiil lines indeed." " Lord Paget, now Marquess of Anglesey, must ever rank as one... | |
 | Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1825
...hirr^, — But little he'll reek, if they let him sleep on Jn the grave where a Briton has laid him. " But half of our heavy task was done, When the clock...down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory; We carv'd not a line, and we rais'd not a stone, But wo left him alone with his glory !" It is impossible... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - 1842 - 348 páginas
...upbraid him ; But little he'll reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Brilon has laid him. But half of our heavy task was done, When the clock...heard the distant and random gun, That the foe was suddenly firing. Slowly and sad we laid him down From the field of his fame fresh and gory, We carved... | |
 | 1842 - 490 páginas
...toll'd the hour for retiring; And we heard, by the distant and random gun, That the (be 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 left him alone in his glory. ' 350 THOMAS HOOD. THIS poet, who... | |
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