 Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes 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...  Songs of Three Centuries - Página 121editado por - 1875 - 352 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | 1831 - 318 páginas
...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...him down, From the field of his fame, fresh and gory ; \Ve carved not a line,— and we raised not a stone, — But we left him alone with his glory ! in... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - 1831 - 356 páginas
...clock tolled the hour for retiring, And we heard, by the distant random gun, That the foe was suddenly firing — Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From...a stone, But we left him — alone with his glory. THE STAR.— Read, i How brilliant on the Ethiop brow of Night Burns yon fixed star, whose intermitting... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1831 - 294 páginas
...clock tolled the hour for retiring ; And we heard, by the distant random gun, That the foe was suddenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the...; We carved not a line, we raised not a stone, But left him alone with his glory. LESSON CVI. War contrary to the Courses of Nature, and the Spirit of... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1832 - 428 páginas
...let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him. A But half of our heavy task was clone, When the clock struck the hour for retiring ; And...of his fame fresh and gory ; We carved not a line, and we raised not a stoneBut we left him alone with his glory. WOLFE. 8. — THE MARINER'S DREAM. IN... | |
 | James Campbell (teacher of English.) - 1832 - 274 páginas
...distant and random gun That the foe was suddenly firing. When the clock toll'd the hour for retiring; Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field...stone— But we left him alone with his glory.— Wolfe. 39. The Bat. Sing'ular ; remarkable. Vivip'arous ; producing young alive. Resem'blance; likeness.... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1832 - 310 páginas
...clock tolled the hour for retiring f And we heard, by the distant random gun, That the foe was suddenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the...; We carved not a line, we raised not a stone, But left him alone with his glory. LIT. — THE HORRORS OF WAK. Extract from a Sermon of the Rev. Thomas... | |
 | James Hedderwick - 1833 - 232 páginas
...toll'd 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...a stone, But we left him — alone with his glory! THE YEW-TREE SEAT. Who he was That piled these stones, and with the mossy sod First covertl o'er, and... | |
 | B. Ducos - 1834 - 444 páginas
...grave where a Briton has laid him. But half of our heavy task was done , When the eloek struek tbe hour for retiring ; And we heard the distant and random...down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory ; We earved not a line , and we raised not a stone — But we Ieft bim alone with his glory ' ! Si la statue... | |
 | B. Ducos - 1834 - 446 páginas
...Briton bas laid him. But half of our heavy task was done , When the eloek struek the hour for retirinp ; And we heard the distant and random gun That the foe...him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory ; \Ve earved not a line , and we raised not a stone — But we left him alone wilh his glory ' ! Si... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1834 - 360 páginas
...When the bell told the hour for retiring'And we knew', by the distant random gun That the foe was then sullenly firing'. Slowly and sadly we laid him down',...We carved not a line', we raised not a stone'; But left him alone' . . with his glory'. SECTION XVI. Messiah. — POPE. A Sacred Eclogue. YE nymphs of... | |
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