 | Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 264 pagina’s
...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...line, we raised not a stone, But we left him — alone with his glory! r ADDRESS TO THE RAINBOW. CAMPBELL. And yet, fair bow, no fabling dreams, But words... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1828 - 452 pagina’s
...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...line, we raised not a stone, But we left him — alone with his glory ! 6. Eve lamenting the loss of Paradise. " O unexpected stroke, worse than of Death... | |
 | Alaric Alexander Watts - 1828 - 430 pagina’s
...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...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 REV. GEORGE CROLY. BENEATH... | |
 | Alaric Alexander Watts - 1828 - 426 pagina’s
...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...carved not a line, — we raised not a stone, But left him alone in his glory. Blittkicovil's Magazine. VIRGIL'S TOMB. BY THE REV. OEORGE CROLY. BENEATH... | |
 | Alaric Alexander Watts - 1828 - 498 pagina’s
...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...carved not a line, — we raised not a stone, But left him alone in his glory. BlackwoocCs Magazine. VIRGIL'S TOMB. BY THE REV. GEORGE CROLY. BENEATH... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1828 - 320 pagina’s
...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...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 Nature, and the Spirit of... | |
 | 1828 - 316 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...firing. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the 6eld of his fame, fresh and gory ; We carvtd not a line, — and we raised not a stone,— But we left... | |
 | 1828 - 814 pagina’s
...When the clock tolled 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. " Wolfe. ON A TOMBSTONE IN CHESHIRE.... | |
 | J[ohn] H[anbury]. Dwyer - 1828 - 314 pagina’s
...toll'd 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. WINTER IN COPENHAGEN.... | |
 | Charles Wolfe - 1828 - 332 pagina’s
...Briton has laid him. VII. But half 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 suddenly firing. VIII. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory... | |
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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... 
