 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 - Seite 121herausgegeben von - 1875 - 352 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Edmund Henry Barker - 1852 - 360 Seiten
...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...of his fame fresh and gory ; We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone, But we left him alone with .his glory ! The author of this beautiful and... | |
 | Scottish school-book assoc - 1852 - 248 Seiten
...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...down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory ; We carv'd not a line, and we rais'd not a stone — But we left him alone with his glory. EEV. C. WOLFE.... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1852 - 568 Seiten
...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 him down, From the...a stone, But we left him — alone with his glory ! 60. TEE BATTLE OF HOHENLINDEN, 1800. — Thonuu Campbell. ON Linden when the sun was low, All bloodless... | |
 | Weldon Thornton - 1968 - 568 Seiten
...John Moore," by Irish clergyman and poet Charles Wolfe (1791-1823). The final stanza of the ode says, "slowly and sadly we laid him down,/ From the field...line, we raised not a stone—/ But we left him alone in his glonr" (see Hoagland, pp. 388-89). Sir John Moore (1761-1809) was a British general who died... | |
 | Zack R. Bowen - 1974 - 394 Seiten
...which relates the last hurried rites accorded the British leader by his vanquished and retreating army: Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field...not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory! When the origin of the words is known, Bloom's irony in linking Dignam and Moore becomes apparent.... | |
 | James Chapman - 378 Seiten
...clock told the hour for retiring ; And we heard the distant and random gun, That the foe was suddenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the...not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory. Anon. 20. The Lady1s Louking-Glass, CEI.IA and I the other day Walked o1er the .sand-hills to the sea... | |
 | Martin Gardner - 1995 - 212 Seiten
...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...of his fame fresh and gory; We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone, But we left him alone in his glory. HENRY CLAY WORK (1832-1884) "GRANDFATHER'S... | |
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