 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...  Class-book of English Poetry from Chaucer to Tennyson - Pagina 552door Daniel Scrymgeour - 1870 - 597 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Anna Cabot Lowell - 1855 - 452 pagina’s
...clock told 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...line, and we raised not a stone, But we left him alone in his glory. THE TRAVELLER'S RETURN. — Southey. SwEET to the morning traveller The song amid the... | |
 | 1856 - 1492 pagina’s
...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...not a stone — But we left him alone with his glory .' Wolfe was always remarkable for the more than fastidious judgment which he exercised upon his own... | |
 | Honor - 1856 - 94 pagina’s
...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...raised not a stone But we left him alone with his glory ! YE MARINERS OF ENGLAND: A NATAL ODE. BY THOMAS CAMPBELL. I. YE Mariners of England ! That guard our... | |
 | Honor, Thomas Campbell - 1856 - 108 pagina’s
...That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head. And we far away on the billow ! . But half of our heavy task was done, When the clock struck the...raised not a stone But we left him alone with his glory ! YE MARINERS OF ENGLAND A NAVAL ODE. BY THOMAS CAMPBELL. I. 21 Whose flag has braved, a thousand years,... | |
 | Collection - 1856 - 120 pagina’s
...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...not a stone — But we left him alone with his glory ! The Dying Christian to his Soul. Vital spark of henvcnly flame ! Unit, oh quit (his mortal frame... | |
 | David Charles Bell - 1856 - 466 pagina’s
...In the grave where a Briton has laid him! But half of our heavy task was done, When the bell tolled the hour for retiring; And we heard the distant and...of his fame fresh and gory ; We carved not a line — we raised not a stone, But we left him alone, with his glory ! IV.— THE DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIB.—... | |
 | Anne Bowman - 1856 - 316 pagina’s
...When the clock struck the hour for retiring ; And we heard the distant and random gun Of the enemy sullenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid him down,...not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory. WOLFE. LINKS WRITTEN IN THE CHURCH YAED OF RICHMOND, YORKSHIRE. " It is good for us to be here : if... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1856 - 518 pagina’s
...of these two lines is : — " And we heard hy the distant and random gun That the foe was suddenly firing." Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the...stone — • But we left him alone with his glory ! Wolfe. THE HAUNTED HOUSE.1 A ROMANCE. SOME dreams we have are nothing else but dreams, Unnatural,... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1857 - 428 pagina’s
...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...a stone — But we left him alone with his glory. WOLFE. 6. THE CHAMELEON. OFT has it been my lot to mark A proud, conceited, talking spark, With eyes... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1857 - 800 pagina’s
...sleep on In the grave where a Briton haa laid him. But half of our heavy task was done When the elock struck the hour for retiring ; And we heard the distant...a stone — But we left him alone with his glory.' SONG. — TO MARY.a If I had thought thou couldat have dicd, I might not weep for thee ; But I forgot,... | |
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