 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1843 - 320 pages
...the bell loll'd the hour for retiring, And we knew by the distant random gun, That the foe was then 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 left him alone — with his glory. THE SAILOR. BOY'S... | |
 | Samuel Niles Sweet - Elocution - 1843 - 324 pages
...sleep on, In the grave where his comrades have laid him. 7. Not the half of our heavy fcisk was done 8. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame, fresh and gory : We carv'd not a line, we rais'd not a stone, But left him alone — with his glory. — Wolfe. The " Burial... | |
 | John Sydney Taylor - Lawyers - 1843 - 568 pages
...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, From the field of his fame fresh and gory ; W T e carved not a line, and we raised not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory !' " " '... | |
 | Archibald Alison - Europe - 1843 - 1154 pages
...like a warrior taking his rest, Slowly and sadly we hud him down, With his martial cloak around him. From the field of his fame fresh and gory ; We carved not a line, and we raised not A Few and short were the prayers we said, stone. And we spoke not a word of sorrow,... | |
 | Printers - 1844 - 328 pages
...on, In the grave where a Briton has laid him. But half our easy task was done, When the clock toll'd the hour for retiring, And we heard by the distant...laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and Rory ; We carv'd not a line, we rais'd not a stone ; But we left him alone in his glory. HE LOVES AND... | |
 | Freemasonry - 1844 - 402 pages
...clock struck the hour for retiring -; And we heard the distant and random gun That the fee was sullenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the...gory , We carved not a line, we raised not a stone, Bat we left him alone — with his glory. A SHORT TALE WITH A LONG MORAL. " Ne let the man ascribe'... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 108 pages
...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...of his fame fresh and gory ; We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory ! WOLFE. THE ROSE. THE rose had been... | |
 | Quaver - Songs - 1844 - 552 pages
...told the hour for retiring ; And we heard by 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 carv'd not a line, we rais'd not a stone, But we left him alone in his glory. MAY HE WHO WANTS GRATITUDE.... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1844 - 738 pages
...retiring ; And we heard the distant and random gun That the foe was sullenly firing. Slowly and sailly and we raised not a stone — But we left him alone with bis glory! The passage in the Edinburgh Annual... | |
 | Freemasonry - 1844 - 452 pages
...clock struck the hour for retiring ; And we heard the distant and random gun That the fee was sullenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame, fresh and gory f We carved not a line, we raised not a stone, But we left him alone — with his glory. A SHORT TALE... | |
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Slowly 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 with his glory. 
