 | James Sheridan Knowles - 1831 - 686 pages
...they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him." But half of our heavy task was done, And we heard the distant and random gun That the foe was sullenly firing. When the clock toll'd the hour for retiring; Slowly and sadly we laid him down, We carved not a line,... | |
 | Rose Lawrence - 1831 - 388 pages
...they let him sleep on, In the grave where a Briton has laid him. But half of our heavy task was done, And we heard the distant and random gun, That the foe was suddenly firing. When the clock told the hour for retiring; Slowly and sadly we laid him down, INSCRIPTION... | |
 | Moses Severance - 1832 - 316 pages
...toll'd the hour for retiring; And we heard, too, the distant random gun, That the foe was then suddenly firing. 8. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory; .:\ • SECTION Vv u Earth to Earth, and Dust to Dust." "EARTH to earth, and dust to dust!" Here the... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1832 - 428 pages
...the grave where a Briton lisa laid him.. But half of our heavy task was dome, When the clock struck the hour for retiring; And we heard the distant and random gun That the foe was sullenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory; We carved not a line,... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1833 - 420 pages
...clock toll'd the 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...gory! We carved not a line, we raised not a stone, But left him—alone with his glory 6. Eve lamenting the loss of Paradise. “(.—) 0 unexpected stroke,... | |
 | Cornelius Soule Cartée - 1833 - 246 pages
...they let him sleep on, In the grave where a Briton has laid him. But half of our heavy task was done, And we heard the distant and random gun That the foe was sullenly firing. When the clock struck the hour for retiring; Slowly and sadly we laid him down, We carved not a line,... | |
 | B. Ducos - 1834 - 446 pages
...Briton bas laid him. But half of our heavy task was done , When the eloek struek the hour for retirinp ; And we heard the distant and random gun That the foe was sullenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory ; \Ve earved not a line... | |
 | Charles Wolfe - 1836 - 396 pages
...In the grare 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 sullenly firing. VIII. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory ; We carved not... | |
 | Jesse Olney - 1836 - 350 pages
...the grave where a Briton has laid him." 7. But half of our heavy task was done, When the 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, We carved not a line, we raised not a stone,... | |
 | Jesse Olney - 1838 - 346 pages
...clock tolled the hour for retiring, And w« heard the distant and random gun, That the foe was suddenly firing— 8. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From...carved not a line, we raised not a stone, But we left him—alone with his glory I LESSON XCVI. Boadicea*—COWPER. 1. WHEN the British warrior queen, Bleeding... | |
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toll'd the hour for retiring; And we heard the 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 line, we raised not a stone, But we left him alone... 
