 | James Carrick Moore - 1834 - 434 pagina’s
...the foe was suddenly firing. . ~ -•. VIII. •"•£ Slowly and sadly we laid him down, '- VFrom the field of his fame fresh and gory ; We carved not a line, and we raised not a stoneBut we left him alone with his glory! GENERAL ORDERS. BY HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS... | |
 | Moses Severance - 1835 - 314 pagina’s
...for retiring ; And we heard, too, the distant random gun, That the foe was then suddenly firing. 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 we left him alone — with his glory. Welfs. , SECTION... | |
 | 1835 - 804 pagina’s
...scarcely inferior to that concept ion, one of the noblest of its kind in the whole compass of poetry— "We carved not a line, we raised not a stone, But we left him alone with A« glory." There are few names which can justly be relied upon, thus to speak the epitaphs of... | |
 | 1835 - 320 pagina’s
...grave where a Briton has laid him. But half our heavy task was done, When the clock told the hour for retiring, And we heard the distant and random gun, That the foe was sudenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and glory, We carv'd... | |
 | 1836 - 884 pagina’s
...clock toll'd the hour for retiring, And we heard the distant aud random gun, That the foe was suddenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid him down. From the field of lus fame fresh and gory ; We carved not a line — we raised not a stone, But we left him alone with... | |
 | Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 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...line, we raised not a stone — But we left him alone with his glory. THE CHAMELEON. OFT has it been my lot to mark A proud, conceited, talking spark, With... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1838 - 336 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 left him alone with his glory. IK I had thought thou couldst have... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1838 - 348 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 left him alone with his glory. IF I had thought thou couldst have... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1838 - 316 pagina’s
...sleep on In 'the grave where a Briton has laid him." 7 But half of our heavy task was done, 8 ( j; ) 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! Wolfe. EXERCISE 30. Eve lamenting the loss of Paradise. ( — )... | |
 | Jesse Olney - 1838 - 346 pagina’s
...a Briton has laid him." 7. 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 — 8. 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... 
