 | 1840 - 368 pagina’s
...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 : We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone* But left him alone with his glory. IF I had thought thou couldst have died,... | |
 | Lyre - 1841 - 366 pagina’s
...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 gory : We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory. V THE WAR OF THE LEAGUE. A / . BY... | |
 | Lyre - 1841 - 374 pagina’s
...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, 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. THE WAR OF THE LEAGUE. BY THOMAS MACAULEY.... | |
 | Book - 1841 - 164 pagina’s
...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 : We carv'd not a line, and we rais'd not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory. WHAT, then, is... | |
 | Old Humphrey - 1842 - 366 pagina’s
...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 ; We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory.' " " They are beautifiil lines indeed."... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - 1842 - 352 pagina’s
...retiring ; And we 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 not a line, and we raised not a stone, But we left him alone wilh his glory. COWPER. Born 1731— Died 1800. The... | |
 | Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1825 - 622 pagina’s
...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; We carv'd not a line, and we rais'd not a stone, But wo left him alone with his glory !" It is impossible... | |
 | 1842 - 480 pagina’s
...the hour tor 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. THIS poet, who has afforded to so many thousands of readers the luxury of Uaghter in its highest pcrfection,was... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1843 - 320 pagina’s
...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. THE SAILOR. BOY'S... | |
 | Samuel Niles Sweet - 1843 - 324 pagina’s
...sleep on, In the grave where his comrades have laid him. 7. Not the half of our heavy fcisk was done 8. 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 left him alone — with his glory. — Wolfe. The " Burial... | |
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Slowly and sadly we laid 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. 
