 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 - Side 159av John Arliss - 1825 - 358 siderUten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | 1813 - 410 sider
...where a Briton has laid him. But half of our heavy task was done, When the clock told 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 in his... | |
 | H. Biglow, Orville Luther Holley - 1817 - 502 sider
...the clock toll'd the hour for retiring, And we heard the distant 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 n stone,— But we left him alone with his... | |
 | 1818 - 506 sider
...toll'd tiie hour for retiring, And v*c heard by the distant nnd random gun. That the foe was suddenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame, fn sli and gory, We carved not a line, we raised not a stone, Bat we left him alone in hi* glory.... | |
 | 1817 - 694 sider
...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 я line, we raised not a stone, But we left him alone with hin glory.... | |
 | John Evans - 1817 - 610 sider
...clock 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 field of his FAME fresh and gory, We carv'd not a line, we raised not a stone, But we left him alone with his OLOKY... | |
 | H. Biglow, Orville Luther Holley - 1817 - 492 sider
...tolf'd the hour for retiring, And we beard the distant random gun That the foe was suddenly tiring. 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... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1818 - 1264 sider
...toll'd 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 we left him alone with his glory.... | |
 | 1825 - 458 sider
...told the hour for rerlrtor: 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 nil fame fresh and gory : We carved not a line, we raised not a stone, But we left him alone with his... | |
 | Mordecai Manuel Noah - 1819 - 508 sider
...his martial cloak around him. 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, From the field of his fame fresh and gory, We carved... | |
 | British melodies - 1820 - 280 sider
...toll'd the hour for retiring ; And we heard by the distant and random guq, 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 glory.... | |
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