 | 1847 - 906 pages
...the clock told the hour for retiring ; And we heard by 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 g°ry» We carved not a line, we raised not a stone, But we left him alone in his... | |
 | Book - 1847 - 216 pages
...clock struck the hour for retiring : And we heard the distant and random gun Of the enemy suddenly 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... | |
 | Anthony Hamilton (of the 43rd Light Infantry.) - 1847 - 176 pages
...the clock struck the hour for retiring; And we heard the distant and random gun Of the enemy suddenly 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 Burke, Bernard Burke - 1848 - 424 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... | |
 | 1848 - 460 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 hie fame fresli and gory : We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone. But we left him alone with... | |
 | British minstrel - 1848 - 480 pages
...the clock told the hour for retiring; And we heard hy 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 carv'd not a line, we rais'd not a stone, But we left him alone in his... | |
 | William Cooke Taylor - 1848 - 532 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... | |
 | 1856 - 666 pages
...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, we raised not a stone, But we left him alone with his... | |
 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 pages
...When the bell toll'd 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 carv'd not a line — we rais'd not a stone, But we left him alone, with... | |
 | George Croly - 1850 - 442 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 ; WOLFE. STANZAS. If I had thought thon couldst have died, I might not weep... | |
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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... 
