 | Soldier - 1824 - 518 pagina’s
...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... | |
 | John Arliss - 1825 - 376 pagina’s
...ashes upbraid him ; But little he'll reck, if they let him sleep on, In the grave where a Briton laid him. But half of our heavy task was done, When the...and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fume fresh and gory; We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone, But we left him alone with his... | |
 | 1825 - 598 pagina’s
...where a Briton has laid him. ' But half of our heavy task was done, When the clock struck the hour for retiring ; And we heard the distant and random gun...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 described this poem, as... | |
 | 1825 - 508 pagina’s
...where a Briton has laid him. ' But half of our heavy task was done, When the clock struck the hour for retiring ; And we heard the distant and random gun...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 OF DANIEL O'CONNELL, ESQ.*... | |
 | Thomas Medwin - 1825 - 606 pagina’s
...clock 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...We carved not a line, we raised not a stone, But we lest him alone with his glory. » « On n'entendit pas un tambour , pas un chant funéraire, pendant... | |
 | Thomas Medwin - 1825 - 576 pagina’s
...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,...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 feeling with which he recited... | |
 | 1825 - 734 pagina’s
...has laid him. " But half of our heavy task was done, When the clock struck the hour for returning ; And we heard the distant and random gun, That the foe was sullenly firing. " Slowly and sadly we kid him down, From the field of his feme freth and gory ; We carved hot a line, and We raited not a... | |
 | 1825 - 724 pagina’s
...the clock struck the hour for returning ; And we heard the distant and random gun, That the foe waa sullenly firing. " Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of hu fame fresh and gory ; We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone, But we left him alone with... | |
 | 1825 - 710 pagina’s
...has laid him. " But half of our heavy task was done, When the clock struck the hour for returning ; And we heard the distant and random gun, That the foe was sullenly Bring. " Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory ; We carved not... | |
 | George Gordon Noël Byron - 1826 - 776 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...line, we raised not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory. HOURS OF IDLENESS. Jtfijr Of fit fidf a/fast, fiacre ri ytixei. HOM». He whittled... | |
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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... 
