 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
 | John Pierpont - 1828 - 320 halaman
...distant random gun, That the foe was suddenly firing. When the clock tolled the hour for retiring ; 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 CVI. War contrary to the Courses of... | |
 | Alaric Alexander Watts - 1828 - 498 halaman
...And we heard, by the distant and random gun, That the foe was suddenly firing. 96 THE POETICAL ALBUM. 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. BlackwoocCs Magazine. VIRGIL'S TOMB. BY... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1828 - 452 halaman
...hour for retiring, And we heard the distant and 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 we left him — alone with his glory ! 6. Eve lamenting the loss of Paradise.... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 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,...carved not a line, and we raised not a stone — But we left him alone with his glory ! VERSES. IF I had thought thou couldst have died, I might not weep... | |
 | Lyre - 1830 - 396 halaman
...done, When the clock told the hour for retiring ; And we heard the distant and random gun Of the enemy sullenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid him down,...carved not a line, and we raised not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory. THE WAR OF THE LEAGUE. BY THOMAS MACAULEY. Now glory to the Lord... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - 1830 - 334 halaman
...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...of his fame fresh and gory ! We carved not a line, we raised not a stone, But we left him — alone with his glory ! PRINCIPLES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.... | |
 | James Kennedy - 1830 - 506 halaman
...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 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, ' Homer's time. I have travelled through... | |
 | James Kennedy - 1830 - 502 halaman
...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 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. Homer's time. I have travelled through... | |
 | 1831 - 318 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,...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 halaman
...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...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 STAR.— Read, i How brilliant... | |
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