 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,...  Arliss's Literary collections - Página 159de John Arliss - 1825 - 358 páginasVisualização completa - Sobre este livro
 | William Brittainham Lacey - 1828 - 308 páginas
...where a Briton has laid him. But half of our heavy task was done, Wh«n the clock struck 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 ;... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1828 - 418 páginas
...where a Briton has laid him." 7 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— 8 Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of bis fame fresh and gory !... | |
 | Charles Wolfe - 1828 - 312 páginas
...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... | |
 | J[ohn] H[anbury]. Dwyer - 1828 - 314 páginas
...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... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 266 páginas
...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 goryh We... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1828 - 320 páginas
...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 of his fame fresh and gory; We carved not a line, we raised not a stone, But left him alone with his glory.... | |
 | Alaric Alexander Watts - 1828 - 498 páginas
...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 of his fame, fresh and gory : We carved not a line, — we raised not a stone, But left him alone in his glory.... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1828 - 452 páginas
...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 ! We carved not a line, we raised not a stone, But we left him — alone with his... | |
 | 1829 - 434 páginas
...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...and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory ; We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone — But we left him alone with... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1829 - 290 páginas
...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 field of his fame fresh and gory ; We cr.'.-ved not a line, we raised not a stone, But loft him alone with his glory.... | |
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