 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 - Page 121edited by - 1875 - 352 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1825 - 600 pages
...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...of his fame fresh and gory ; We carved not a line, and we rais'd not a stone. But we left him alone with his glory !' We have described this poem, as... | |
 | Thomas Medwin - 1825 - 606 pages
...clock 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...We carved not a line, we raised not a stone, But we lest him alone with his glory. » « On n'entendit pas un tambour , pas un chant funéraire, pendant... | |
 | John Arliss - 1825 - 382 pages
...grave where a Briton laid him. But half of our heavy task was done, When the clock told the hour of retiring ; And we heard the distant and random gun...and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fume fresh and gory; We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone, But we left him alone with his... | |
 | George Gordon Noël Byron - 1826 - 804 pages
...told the hour for retiring ; And we heard by the distant and random gun, That the foe was suddenly he plunder'd wreck When mariners would madly meet...yet inspire a cheer, which he forbore to check. Stop HOURS OF IDLENESS. Jtfijr Of fit fidf a/fast, fiacre ri ytixei. HOM». He whittled as he vent for want... | |
 | John White (A.M.) - 1826 - 340 pages
...distant and 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...carved not a line, we raised not a stone, But we left him—alone with his glory ! There have been several disputes about the author of these admirable lines.... | |
 | Constable and co, ltd - 1828 - 650 pages
...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...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 ! in contact with the soldiers... | |
 | John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - 1828 - 600 pages
...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...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 ! TO THE MEMORY OF A VERY PROMISING... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 264 pages
...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! r ADDRESS TO THE RAINBOW. CAMPBELL. And yet, fair bow, no fabling dreams, But words of the Most High,... | |
 | 1828 - 316 pages
...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...firing. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the 6eld of his fame, fresh and gory ; We carvtd not a line, — and we raised not a stone,— But we left... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1828 - 452 pages
...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...a stone, But we left him — alone with his glory ! 6. Eve lamenting the loss of Paradise. " O unexpected stroke, worse than of Death ! Must 1 thus leave... | |
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