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
| George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 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... | |
| Lyre - 1830 - 396 páginas
...done, When the clock told the hour for retiring ; And we heard the distant and random gun Of the enemy sullenly firing. Slowly 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... | |
| James Kennedy - 1830 - 502 páginas
...told 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 field of his fame, fresh and gory ; We carved not a line, we raised not a stone, But we left him alone with his... | |
| Benjamin Dudley Emerson - 1830 - 334 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 gory !... | |
| James Kennedy - 1830 - 506 páginas
...told 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 field of his fame, fresh and gory ; We carved not a line, we raised not a stone, But we left him alone with his... | |
| 1831 - 318 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 ; \Ve carved not a line,— and we raised not a stone, — But we left him alone... | |
| Benjamin Dudley Emerson - 1831 - 356 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 carved not a line, we raised not a stone, But we left him — alone with his... | |
| Thomas Ewing - 1832 - 428 páginas
...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...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 stoneBut we left him alone with his... | |
| Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 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 his... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1832 - 310 páginas
...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 field of his fame fresh and gory ; We carved not a line, we raised not a stone, But left him alone with his glory.... | |
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