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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. "
Elocutionary Manual: The Principles of Elocution ; with Exercises and Notations - Page 142
by Alexander Melville Bell - 1887 - 240 pages
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An English Anthology of Prose and Poetry, Shewing the Main Stream of English ...

Sir Henry John Newbolt - 1922 - 1032 pages
...the billow ! Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him— 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...
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A Book of British and American Verse

Henry Van Dyke, Hardin Craig, Asa Don Dickinson - 1922 - 1920 pages
...him. — But little he '11 reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him. u 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. * Coronach Slowly and sadly...
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Complete Course in Public Speaking

Joseph Albert Mosher - 1920 - 668 pages
...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 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...
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The Chilswell Book of English Poetry

Robert Bridges - 1924 - 296 pages
...upbraid him ; But little he '11 reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him. 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...
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A Golden Treasury of Irish Verse

Lennox Robinson - 1925 - 370 pages
...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, 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...
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A Golden Treasury of Irish Verse

Lennox Robinson - 1925 - 368 pages
...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, 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...
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The Library of Poetry and Song, Volume 3

William Cullen Bryant - 1925 - 412 pages
...upbraid him ; But little he '11 reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him ! But half of our heavy task was done, When the clock struck the hour for retiring ; And wp heard the distant and random gun That the foe was suddenly firing. Slowly anil sadly we laid...
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100 Second Best Poems

Charles Lewis Hind - 1925 - 186 pages
...little he'll reck, if they'll let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him. 125 But half 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...
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Magic Casements

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

Edwin Markham - 1927 - 402 pages
...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 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...
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