 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...  The children's poetry book - Seite 146von Children - 1868Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1805 - 514 Seiten
...previous night, had encamped on the heights of Bornoo, there remained but that one dead surgeon— " We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory." " Many a true tear of sorrow was shed over his grave," wrote one of Mackenzie's most attached... | |
 | 1813 - 410 Seiten
...In the grave where a Briton has laid him. But half of our heavy task was done, When the clock told the hour for retiring; And we heard the distant and...line, and we raised not a stone, But we left him alone in his glory. THE MARRIAGE OF SIR JOHN SMITH. PHCEBE CAREY. Not a sigh was heard, nor a funeral tone,... | |
 | H. Biglow, Orville Luther Holley - 1817 - 502 Seiten
...for retiring, And we heard the distant random gun . That tile foe was suddenly firing. Slowly antì 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 glory. ART. 11. THESPIAN REGISTER. Friday... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1818 - 1264 Seiten
...heard by the distant and random gun, That the foe was suddenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid hini 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 glory. MR. MR. CAMPBELL'S OD¿.ONiTHWBB¿fIR¿ENT... | |
 | James Mudie - 1820 - 204 Seiten
...upbraid him ; But nothing he'll reck, if they let him sleep on, In the grave where a Briton has laid him. Slowly and sadly we laid him down From the field of his fame fresh and gory; We carv'd not a line—we rais'd not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory! We cannot better describe... | |
 | Renfrew county - 1821 - 542 Seiten
...energetically the author concludes. With imiire:-- by tho importance cf the moment, whca the earth >xaa Slewly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame, fresh and gory, We carv'd not a line, we rais'd not a stoneBut we left him alone in his glory. IV. THOU ART NOT FALSE.... | |
 | Thomas Medwin - 1824 - 314 Seiten
...the hour for retiring ; " And we heard by the distant and random g»n> <c That the foe was suddenly firing. " Slowly and sadly we laid him down, *' From...his fame fresh and gory ; " We carved not a line, we raised not a stone, " But we left him alone, with his glory." The feeling with which he recited... | |
 | Thomas Medwin - 1824 - 372 Seiten
...told 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...of his fame fresh and gory; " We carved not a line, we raised not a stone, " But we left him alone with his glory." The feeling with which he recited these... | |
 | Thomas O'Connor - 1824 - 180 Seiten
...the clock told the hour for retiring, And we heard the distant 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 carv'd not a line, we raised not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory. This Life is all chequered.... | |
 | Soldier - 1824 - 518 Seiten
...In the grave where a Rriton has laid him. But hulf of our heavy task was done, When the clock toll'd the hour for retiring, And we heard the distant and random gun, That the foe was suddenly firing. Slowly and sadly we hud him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory, We carved... | |
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