| John Frost - 1855 - 462 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... | |
| 1855 - 440 pages
...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 retiringAnd we heard the distant and random gun Of the enemy, suddenly firing. " Slowly and sadly we... | |
| John Warner Barber - 1855 - 608 pages
...little he'll reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid aim. But half of onr heavy task was done. When the clock struck the hour for retiring ; And we heard by the distant and random gun That the foe was sullenly firing. Slowly and sadly we... | |
| Honor, Thomas Campbell - 1856 - 108 pages
...pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head. And we far away on the billow ! . 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... | |
| Edward Hayes (collector of ballads) - 1856 - 442 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 by the distant and random gun — That the foe was sullenly firing. Slowly and sadly... | |
| Anne Bowman - 1856 - 316 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 Of the enemy sullenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid him... | |
| Edward Hayes - 1856 - 396 pages
...him, But little he'll reck, if they let him sleep on — In the grave where a Briton has laid Viim. But half of our heavy task was done, When the clock struck the hour for retiring : And we heard by the distant and random gun — That the foe was«sullenly firing. Slowly and sadly... | |
| 1856 - 1492 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... | |
| Honor - 1856 - 94 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... | |
| Collection - 1856 - 120 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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