 | Eliza Robbins - 1842 - 352 pages
...In the grave where a Brilon has laid him. But half of our heavy task was done, When the clock struck the hour for retiring ; And we heard the distant and...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 not a line, and we raised... | |
 | Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1825 - 622 pages
...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 we heard the distant and random gun That the foe was sullenly firing. " Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory; We... | |
 | Old Humphrey - 1842 - 366 pages
...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 we heard the distant and random gun That the foe was sullenly firing. ' Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory ; We... | |
 | 1842 - 796 pages
...imperfect copy of the original. In one it is quite plain that the stanza, which closes with the lines — ' And we heard the distant and random gun, That the foe was sulienly firing.' and in which the word ' suddenly' is often substituted for ' sullenly' was printed... | |
 | Readings - 1843 - 466 pages
...that's gone, And o'er the cold ashes upbraid him; But nothing he'll reck, if they let him sleep on, 111 the grave where a Briton has laid him. But half of...heard the distant and random gun, That the foe was sullenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory; We carved... | |
 | John Sydney Taylor - 1843 - 568 pages
...In the grave where a Briton has laid him. 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... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew - 1843 - 604 pages
...imperfect copy of the original. In one it is quite plain that the stanza, which closes with the lines — 1 And we heard the distant and random gun, That the foe was sullenly firing,' and in which the word ' suddenly' is often substituted for 'sullenly' wag printed... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 108 pages
...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 we heard the distant and random gun, That the foe was sullenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory ; We... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 pages
...In the grave where a Briton has laid him. But half of our heavy task was done, When the clock struck sullenly firing. Slowly and sailly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory ; We... | |
 | 1844 - 402 pages
...the ground where a Briton has laid him. But half of our heavy task was done, When the clock struck the hour for retiring -; And we heard the distant and random gun That the fee was sullenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame, fresh and gory... | |
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But half of our heavy task was done When the clock struck the hour for retiring : And we heard the distant and random gun That the foe was sullenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory; We carved not a line,... 
