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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... "
The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, for the Year ... - Page 327
1825
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The Poetry and Poets of Britain: From Chaucer to Tennyson ; with ...

Daniel Scrymgeour - 1850 - 596 pages
...clock struck the hour for retiring ; And we heard the distant and random gun That the foe was sulleuly 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...
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A Golden Treasury of Irish Verse

Lennox Robinson - 1925 - 368 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...
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100 Second Best Poems

Charles Lewis Hind - 1925 - 186 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...
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A Golden Treasury of Irish Verse

Lennox Robinson - 1925 - 370 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...
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Magic Casements

1926 - 780 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...
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The Book of Poetry: Collected from the Whole Field of British and ..., Volume 6

Edwin Markham - 1927 - 402 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 with...
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The Copeland Reader

Charles Townsend Copeland - 1926 - 1746 pages
...When the clock struck the hour for retiring; And we heard the distant and random gun That the foe was ound Shall pass into her face. "And vital his fame fresh and gory ; We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone, But we left him alone with...
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The World's Best-loved Poems

1927 - 490 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...
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The Original Rhythmical Grammar of the English Language

James Chapman - 378 pages
...clock told 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 his...
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Famous Poems from Bygone Days

Martin Gardner - 1995 - 212 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 in...
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