 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - 1830 - 332 pagina’s
...where a Briton has laid him.' But half of our heavy task was done, When the 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 the field of his fame fresh and gory !... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - 1831 - 356 pagina’s
...clock tolled the hour for retiring, And we heard, by the distant 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. THE STAR.— Read, i How brilliant on the Ethiop brow of Night Burns yon fixed star,... | |
 | 1831
...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...him down, From the field of his fame, fresh and gory ; \Ve carved not a line,— and we raised not a stone, — But we left him alone with his glory ! in... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1831 - 276 pagina’s
...clock tolled the hour for retiring ; And we heard, by the distant 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 with his glory. LESSON CVI. War contrary to the Courses of Nature, and the Spirit of... | |
 | 1831 - 272 pagina’s
...random gun, That tiie foe was suddenly firing. Slowly and sad we laid him down, From the field of Jjis fame fresh and gory : We carved not a line, we raised not a stone, But wi! left him alone with his glory. HE'LL NEVER MARCH AGAIN I THE tired soldier, bold and brave, . .... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - 1831 - 356 pagina’s
...suddenly firing— When the clock tolled the hour for retiring, Slowly and sadly we laid him down, "We carved not a line, we raised not a stone, But we left him—alone with his glory. From the field of his fame fresh and gory; THE STAR.—Read. How brilliant... | |
 | Mme. Charlotte Fiske (Bates) Rogé - 1832 - 1022 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 his glory. GO, FORGET ME. Go. forget me — why... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1832 - 428 pagina’s
...where a Briton has laid him. A But half of our heavy task was clone, 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 stoneBut we left him alone with his glory. WOLFE. 8. — THE MARINER'S DREAM. IN... | |
 | James Campbell (teacher of English.) - 1832 - 274 pagina’s
...distant and random gun That the foe was suddenly firing. When the clock toll'd the hour for retiring; Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field...line, we raised not a stone— But we left him alone with his glory.— Wolfe. 39. The Bat. Sing'ular ; remarkable. Vivip'arous ; producing young alive.... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1832 - 310 pagina’s
...clock tolled the hour for retiring f And we heard, by the distant 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 with his glory. LIT. — THE HORRORS OF WAK. Extract from a Sermon of the Rev. Thomas... | |
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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... 
