 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,...  Selections from the British Poets - Halaman 1671840Tampilan utuh - Tentang buku ini
 | Anthony Hamilton (of the 43rd Light Infantry.) - 1847 - 178 halaman
...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,...retiring ; And we heard the distant and random gun Of the enemy suddenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From tke field of his fame fresh and... | |
 | 1847 - 906 halaman
...him. But half our heavy task was done, When the clock told the hour for retiring ; And we heard by the distant and random gun, That the foe was sullenly...laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and g°ry» We carved not a line, we raised not a stone, But we left him alone in his glory AULD LANG SYNE... | |
 | Anthony Hamilton (of the 43rd Light Infantry.) - 1847 - 176 halaman
...upbraid him,— But little he'H recfe, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laidi him. But half of our heavy task was done, When the...retiring; And we heard the distant and random gun Of the enemy suddenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and... | |
 | Salem Town - 1847 - 420 halaman
...hour for retiring ; And we heard, by the distant, random gun, That the foe was suddenly firing. 8. 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 with his glory. LESSON CXII. SE LF— INSTRUCTION . CLARK.... | |
 | Weldon Thornton - 1968 - 568 halaman
...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...of his fame, fresh and gory;/ We carved not a line, we raised not a stone—/ But we left him alone in his glonr" (see Hoagland, pp. 388-89). Sir John... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1879 - 372 halaman
...him ; But little he'll reck, if they'll 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...distant and random gun That the foe was sullenly firing. 8. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame, fresh and gory ; We carved not a... | |
 | Zack R. Bowen - 1974 - 394 halaman
...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...his fame fresh and gory — We carved not a line, we raised not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory! When the origin of the words is known,... | |
 | James Chapman - 378 halaman
...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...of his fame fresh and gory, We carved not a line, we raised not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory. Anon. 20. The Lady1s Louking-Glass, CEI.IA... | |
 | Benedict Richard O'Gorman Anderson - 1991 - 244 halaman
...pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head And we far away on the billow . . . 8. Slowly and sadly we laid him down. From the field...We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone But we left him alone with his glory! The lines celebrate a heroic memory with a beauty inseparable from... | |
 | Martin Gardner - 1995 - 212 halaman
...far away on the hillow! 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,...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 CLOCK" may he a hit out... | |
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