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 Hall Hindmarsh - 1845 - 464 halaman
...a'shes/ upbraid h'im ; And lit'tle he'll re'ck (if they let him sleep o'n) In the gra've/ where a B'riton has laid hi'm ! But half of our heavy task was do'ne,...clo'ck/ struck the hour for reti'ring, And we h'eard (by the distant and random g'un) That the foe/ was suddenly firin'g. Slo'wly and sa'dly we laid him... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1846 - 540 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,...not a stone,— But left him alone with his glory. CHARLES WOLFE. OH, MY LOVE HAS AN EYE OF THE SOFTEST BLUE. Oa, my love has an eye of the softest blue,... | |
| Samuel Carter Hall - 1846 - 332 halaman
...But little he'll reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him. But half our heavy task was done, When the clock struck the...not a stone, — But left him alone with his glory. IF I had thought thou couldst have died, I might not weep for thee ; But I forgot, when by thy side,... | |
| 1846 - 166 halaman
...on, In the grave where a Briton has laid him. But half our heavy task was done, When the clock told the hour for retiring, And we heard the distant and...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. THE GATHERING OF THE... | |
| 1846 - 436 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...carved not a line, and we raised not a stone, But we left him alone in his glory. THE TRAVELLER.S RETURN. — Southcy. SWEET to the morning traveller... | |
| Charles Walton Sanders - 1842 - 316 halaman
...the 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 gl&ry ! QUESTIONS. — 1. Who was Sir John Moore?... | |
| 1847 - 568 halaman
...him. " But half of oar heavy task was done. When the clock struck the hoar for retiring; And we henrd the distant and random gun That the foe was sullenly...carved not a line, and we raised not a stone — But we left him alone with bis glory !" The village of VILLA VELLID, in Old Castile, represented in the... | |
| Great Britain. Adjutant-General's Office, Richard Cannon - 1847 - 180 halaman
...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,...heard the distant and random gun That the foe was suddenly firing 1 Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame, fresh and gory ; We... | |
| Book - 1847 - 206 halaman
...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...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... | |
| Book - 1847 - 216 halaman
...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...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... | |
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