| B. Ducos - 1834 - 446 pages
...Briton bas laid him. But half of our heavy task was done , When the eloek struek the hour for retirinp ; And we heard the distant and random gun That the foe...him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory ; \Ve earved not a line , and we raised not a stone — But we left him alone wilh his glory ' ! Si... | |
| Samuel Kirkham - 1834 - 360 pages
...When the bell told the hour for retiring'And we knew', by the distant random gun That the foe was then sullenly firing'. Slowly and sadly we laid him down',...fame' . . fresh and gory': We carved not a line', we raised not a stone'; But left him alone' . . with his glory'. SECTION XVI. Messiah. — POPE. A... | |
| James Carrick Moore - 1834 - 434 pages
...the foe was suddenly firing. . ~ -•. VIII. •"•£ Slowly and sadly we laid him down, '- VFrom the field of his fame fresh and gory ; We carved not a line, and we raised not a stoneBut we left him alone with his glory! GENERAL ORDERS. BY HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF YORK.... | |
| Moses Severance - 1835 - 314 pages
...for retiring ; And we heard, too, the distant random gun, That the foe was then suddenly firing. 8. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory ; We carv'd not a line, we rais'd not a stone, But we left him alone — with his glory. Welfs. , SECTION... | |
| Samuel Carter Hall - 1838 - 336 pages
...ashes uphraid 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 left him alone with his glory. IK I had thought thou couldst have died, I might not weep for thee ;... | |
| Samuel Carter Hall - 1838 - 412 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,...carved not a line, and we raised not a stone, — But left him alone with his glory. IK I had thought thou couldst have died, I might not weep for thee ;... | |
| Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 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,...of his fame fresh and gory ; We carved not a line, we raised not a stone — But we left him alone with his glory. THE CHAMELEON. OFT has it been my lot... | |
| Ebenezer Porter - 1838 - 316 pages
...sleep on In 'the grave where a Briton has laid him." 7 But half of our heavy task was done, 8 ( j; ) 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! Wolfe. EXERCISE 30. Eve lamenting the... | |
| Jesse Olney - 1838 - 346 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 of his fame fresh and gory We carved not a line, we raised not a stone, But we left him — alone with his glory I LESSON XCVI. Boadicea* — COWPER.... | |
| 1841 - 986 pages
...sorrow, But we Btedfastly gazed on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. • * • Slowly and sadly we laid him down From the field of...not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory ! FATAL SENSIBILITY. A TALE OF THE AFFECTIONS. FOUNDED ON FACT. CHARLES ENFIELD was the son of a respectable... | |
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