 | Edward Hughes - 1856 - 474 pages
...— But little* he'll reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him. But5 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. BOAD1CEA. Slowly and sadly... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1857 - 428 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... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1857 - 394 pages
...him — But little he'll reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him. 11. 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. 12. Slowly and sadly we laid... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott - 1857 - 426 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 wo heard the distant and random gun Of the enemy sullenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid him... | |
 | English poetry - 1857 - 334 pages
...that's gone And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him ; But little he'll reck, if they let him sleep on, 126 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. i Slowly and sadly we... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1857 - 456 pages
...little he 'II reck, || if obey '11 let him sleep on In the grave' || where a Briton has laid him. 7. But half | of our heavy task || was done, When the clock || struck the hour for retiring; And we heard || the distant random gun Which the foe || was sullenly firing. 8. Slowly and sadly ||... | |
 | A British officer - 1857 - 434 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 retiring' And we heard the distant and random gun Of the enemy, suddenly firing. " Slowly and sadly we laid him... | |
 | Aubrey Thomas De Vere - 1858 - 298 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... | |
 | Thomas Buckley Smith - 1858 - 310 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 suddenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid... | |
 | Samuel Lover - 1858 - 394 pages
...upbraid him, — But little hell 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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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. 
