 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,...  Arliss's Literary collections - Σελίδα 159των John Arliss - 1825 - 358 σελίδεςΠλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | Charles Wolfe, John Abraham Russell - 1827 - 500 σελίδες
...a Briton has laid him. VII. 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. VIII. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory ; We carved not... | |
 | 1827 - 554 σελίδες
...clock toll'd the hour for retiring, And we heard the distant and random gun, Which 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 rais'd not a stone, But -we left him alone in his glory.... | |
 | 1827 - 854 σελίδες
...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 him down, From the field of his fame fresh and " Nor will... | |
 | Constable and co, ltd - 1828 - 650 σελίδες
...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...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... | |
 | John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - 1828 - 600 σελίδες
...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...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 with... | |
 | 1828 - 316 σελίδες
...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...firing. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the 6eld of his fame, fresh and gory ; We carvtd not a line, — and we raised not a stone,— But we left... | |
 | 1828 - 814 σελίδες
...When the clock tolled the hour for retiring ; And we heard the distant and random gun Of the enemy 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 with his... | |
 | Alaric Alexander Watts - 1828 - 426 σελίδες
...tolled 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 field of his fame, fresh and gory : We carved not a line, — we raised not a stone, But left him alone in his glory.... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 264 σελίδες
...clock tolled" 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 field of his fame fresh and gory! We carved not a line, we raised not a stone, But we left him — alone with his... | |
 | Alaric Alexander Watts - 1828 - 430 σελίδες
...tolled 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 field of his fame, fresh and gory : We carved not a line,— we raised not a stone, But left him alone in his glory.... | |
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