 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,...  Selections from the British Poets - Page 1671840Full view - About this book
 | 1825 - 508 pages
...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,...carved not a line, and we raised not a stone, But we left him alone with hii glory !' THE TRIAL OF DANIEL O'CONNELL, ESQ.* WE have seldom spent an hour... | |
 | 1825 - 600 pages
...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,...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 the production... | |
 | Thomas Medwin - 1825 - 578 pages
...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,...carved not a line, and we raised not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory. The feeling with which he recited these admirable stanzas, I shall... | |
 | 1825 - 710 pages
...the hour for returning ; And we heard the distant and random gun, That the foe was sullenly Bring. " Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field...carved not a line, and we raised not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory." Of the person who possessed such high poetical merit *, our readers... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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...of his fame fresh and gory: 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... | |
 | 1826 - 494 pages
...— But little he'll reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him. 7. " But half of our heavy task was done, When the clock...distant and random gun That the foe was sullenly firing. 8. " Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory ; We carv'd not a... | |
 | 1826 - 520 pages
...— But little he'll reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him. 7. " But half of our heavy task was done, When the clock...distant and random gun That the foe was sullenly firing. 8. " Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory ; We carv'd not a... | |
 | 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...doom With draughts intemperate on the sinking deck, we raised not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory. HOURS OF IDLENESS. Jtfijr Of fit fidf... | |
 | 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 of his fame fresh and gory! We carved not a line, we raised not a stone, But we left him—alone with his glory ! There have been several disputes about... | |
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