 | 1813 - 410 pagina’s
...reck if we let him live on, In the house where his wife conveyed him. But our heavy task at length was done, When the clock struck the hour for retiring; And we heard the spiteful squib and pun The girls were sullenly firing. Slowly and sadly we turned to go,— We had... | |
 | H. Biglow, Orville Luther Holley - 1817 - 502 pagina’s
...for retiring, And we heard the distant random gun . That tile foe was suddenly firing. Slowly antì 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. ART. 11. THESPIAN... | |
 | James Mudie - 1820 - 204 pagina’s
...upbraid him ; But nothing he'll reck, if they let him sleep on, In the grave where a Briton has laid him. 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 with his glory! We cannot better... | |
 | Renfrew county - 1821 - 542 pagina’s
...energetically the author concludes. With imiire:-- by tho importance cf the moment, whca the earth >xaa Slewly 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 stoneBut we left him alone in his glory. IV. THOU ART NOT FALSE.... | |
 | Thomas O'Connor - 1824 - 180 pagina’s
...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. This Life is all... | |
 | Thomas Medwin - 1824 - 314 pagina’s
...the hour for retiring ; " And we heard by the distant and random g»n> <c 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 Medwin - 1824 - 372 pagina’s
...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... | |
 | Soldier - 1824 - 518 pagina’s
...In the grave where a Rriton has laid him. But hulf 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 hud him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory, We carved... | |
 | Thomas Medwin - 1824 - 508 pagina’s
...In the grave where a Briton has laid him. But half of our heavy task was 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, From the field of his fame fresh and... | |
 | Thomas Medwin - 1824 - 496 pagina’s
...In the grave where a Briton has laid him. But half of our heavy task was 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, From the field of his fame fresh and... | |
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of our heavy task | was done | When the clock | struck the hour for retiring; And we heard the distant and random gun \ That the foe | was sullenly firing. Slowly and sadly | we laid him down, From the field of his fame | fresh and gory; 
