 | 1840 - 378 pages
...upbraid him ; But little he'll reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a-Britop has. laid him. But half of our heavy task was done When the clock...carved not a line, and we raised not a stone, But left him alone with his glory. It I had thought thou couldst have died, I might not weep for thee ;... | |
 | Cam river - 1841 - 318 pages
...where a Briton has laid him. But half of our dreary task was done, When the clock told the hour of retiring; And we heard the distant and random gun,...of his fame fresh and gory ; We carved not a line, we raised not a stone, But we left him alone in his glory. WOLFE. HEY MY CHICKEN. HEY my chicken, my... | |
 | Book - 1841 - 164 pages
...the billow ! Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that 's gone. And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him ; But half of our heavy task was done, When the clock...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... | |
 | Andrew Comstock - 1841 - 410 pages
...But half of our heavy tasA was done, | When the clocA told the hour for retiring ; | And we knew by the distant, and random gun, | That the foe was sullenly firing. | Slowly, and sadly we laid Aim down | From the field of Ais fame, fresh, and gory : | We carv'd not a line,, — | we rais'd not... | |
 | Lyre - 1841 - 366 pages
...has laid him. 58 BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE. But half of our heavy task was 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... | |
 | Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1825 - 622 pages
...hirr^, — But little he'll reek, if they let him sleep on Jn the grave where a Briton has laid him. " But half of our heavy task was done, When the clock...down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory; We carv'd not a line, and we rais'd not a stone, But wo left him alone with his glory !" It is impossible... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - 1842 - 352 pages
...upbraid him ; But little he'll reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Brilon has laid him. But half of our heavy task was done, When the clock...heard the distant and random gun, That the foe was suddenly firing. Slowly and sad we laid him down From the field of his fame fresh and gory, We carved... | |
 | 1842 - 504 pages
...toll'd the hour for retiring; And we heard, by the distant and random gun, That the (be was suddenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid him down — From...of his fame, fresh and gory. We carved not a line — we raised not a stone— » But left him alone in his glory. ' 350 THOMAS HOOD. THIS poet, who... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1849 - 316 pages
...the hour for retiring, And we heard by the distant, random gun, That the foe was suddenly firing. 6. 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 ! QUESTIONS. — 1. Who was Sir John Moore1?... | |
 | 1862 - 512 pages
...toll'd 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. Tils poet, who has afforded to to many thousands of readers the luxury of Uuighter in lts highest perfection,... | |
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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. 
