 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...  Songs of Three Centuries - Sida 121redigerad av - 1875 - 352 sidorObegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | Alaric Alexander Watts - 1828 - 426 sidor
...tolled 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...carved not a line, — we raised not a stone, But left him alone in his glory. Blittkicovil's Magazine. VIRGIL'S TOMB. BY THE REV. OEORGE CROLY. BENEATH... | |
 | Alaric Alexander Watts - 1828 - 430 sidor
...tolled 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...We carved not a line,— we raised not a stone, But left him alone in his glory. B/uckwood's Magazine. VIRGIL'S TOMB. BY THE REV. GEORGE CROLY. BENEATH... | |
 | Alaric Alexander Watts - 1828 - 498 sidor
...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...carved not a line, — we raised not a stone, But left him alone in his glory. BlackwoocCs Magazine. VIRGIL'S TOMB. BY THE REV. GEORGE CROLY. BENEATH... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1828 - 320 sidor
...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...gory; 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... | |
 | 1829 - 434 sidor
...'11 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...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!' pp. 28-31. Mr Wolfe was keenly... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 sidor
...'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...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 ! VERSES. IF I had thought thou... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - 1830 - 334 sidor
...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...a stone, But we left him — alone with his glory ! PRINCIPLES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. Quincy. WHEN we speak of the glory of our fathers, we mean... | |
 | James Kennedy - 1830 - 502 sidor
...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...not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory. Homer's time. I have travelled through the country and know the contrary. I have tried to remove these... | |
 | James Kennedy - 1830 - 506 sidor
...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...not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory, ' Homer's time. I have travelled through the country and know the contrary. I have tried to remove... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1830 - 420 sidor
...for retiring, And we heard the distant and randpm gun, That the foe was suddenly firing — ^ ,. 8 -Slowly -and, sadly we laid' him down, ' . ', From...! We carved not a line, we raised not a stone, But left him — alone wjth his glory ! v 6. . Eve lamenting tJui loss of Paradise. • » - .*"'•'•••'... | |
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