 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,...  Eclectic Magazine: Foreign Literature - Page 118edited by - 1864Full view - About this book
 | 1813 - 410 pages
...we let him live on, In the house where his wife conveyed him. But our heavy task at length was done, When the clock struck the hour for retiring; And we heard the spiteful squib and pun The girls were sullenly firing. Slowly and sadly we turned to go,— We had... | |
 | 1818 - 596 pages
...In the grave whore a Briton has laid him. 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 tue foe was suddenly firing. Slswly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and... | |
 | Mordecai Manuel Noah - 1819 - 508 pages
...rest, AVi'li his martial cloak around 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, We carved... | |
 | 1822 - 418 pages
...In the grave where a Briton has laid him. 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. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory; We carv'd... | |
 | 1823 - 450 pages
...task was done, When tue clock loll'd the hour of retiring, And we heard the dimaat. and random shot, That the foe was sullenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, Prom the field of his fame, fresh and gory ; — Wts caiVd not a line, we rajs'd not a stone, Вал... | |
 | Soldier - 1824 - 518 pages
...In the grave where a Briton has laid him. 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. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory, We carved... | |
 | 1825 - 508 pages
...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 ; And...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... | |
 | 1825 - 600 pages
...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 ; And...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 rais'd not a stone. But we... | |
 | 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...sullenly firing. Slowly 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... | |
 | 1825 - 726 pages
...has laid him. " But half of our heavy task was done, When the clock struck the hour for returning ; And we heard the distant and random gun, That the foe was sullenly firing. " Slowly and sadly we kid him down, From the field of his feme freth and gory ; We carved hot a line, and We raited not a... | |
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