 | 1826 - 696 pages
...clock lold the hour for retiring ; And we heard by the distant random gun That the foe wa» suddenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame freeh and gory ; We carved not a line, we raised not a «tone, Bal left him alone with his... | |
 | 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 firing. 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... | |
 | 1827 - 854 pages
...clock struck 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 " Nor will the muse leave her son comfortless in that more dreary solitude into... | |
 | 1827 - 554 pages
...clock toll'd the hour for retiring, And we heard the distant and random gun, Which the foe was suddenly firing. 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 in his... | |
 | 1828 - 814 pages
...When the clock tolled 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 gory : We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone, But we left him alone with... | |
 | John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - 1828 - 600 pages
...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, and we raised not a stone — But we left him alone... | |
 | Constable and co, ltd - 1828 - 650 pages
...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, — and we raised not a stone,-" But we left him alone... | |
 | Alaric Alexander Watts - 1828 - 430 pages
...tolled 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 : We carved not a line,— we raised not a stone, But left him alone in his... | |
 | William Brittainham Lacey - 1828 - 308 pages
...clock struck 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 not a line, and we raised not a stone — But we left him alone... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 264 pages
...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 not a line, we raised not a stone, But we left him — alone with... | |
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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... 
