| Alaric Alexander Watts - 1828 - 426 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... | |
| J[ohn] H[anbury]. Dwyer - 1828 - 314 pages
...toll'd the hour for retiring, And we knew by the distant random gun, That the foe was then 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 raised not a stone, But left' him alone — with... | |
| 1829 - 434 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... | |
| John Pierpont - 1829 - 290 pages
...clock tolled the hour for retiring ; And we heard, by the distant 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 cr.'.-ved not a line, we raised not a stone, But loft him alone with his... | |
| George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 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... | |
| Lyre - 1830 - 396 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, 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... | |
| Benjamin Dudley Emerson - 1830 - 334 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... | |
| James Kennedy - 1830 - 506 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... | |
| James Kennedy - 1830 - 502 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... | |
| 1831 - 318 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 ; \Ve carved not a line,— and we raised not a stone, — But we left him... | |
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