| Alaric Alexander Watts - English poetry - 1828 - 426 pages
...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 left him alone in his glory. Blittkicovil's Magazine.... | |
| Jonathan Barber - Readers, American - 1828 - 266 pages
...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 goryh We carved not a line, we raised not a stone, But we left him—alone with his glory! ADDRESS... | |
| Theology - 1829 - 434 pages
...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, and we raised not a stone — But we left him alone with his glory!' pp. 28-31.... | |
| John Pierpont - Readers - 1829 - 290 pages
...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 the field of his fame fresh and gory ; We cr.'.-ved not a line, we raised not a stone, But loft him alone with his glory. LESSON CVI. War contrary... | |
| Lyre - English poetry - 1830 - 396 pages
...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 : . We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory. THE WAR OF THE... | |
| James Kennedy - Poets, English - 1830 - 506 pages
...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, ' Homer's time. I have... | |
| Benjamin Dudley Emerson - American literature - 1830 - 334 pages
...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 not a line, we raised not a stone, But we left him — alone with his glory ! PRINCIPLES OF... | |
| George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 pages
...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, and we raised not a stone — But we left him alone with his glory ! VERSES. IF... | |
| Benjamin Dudley Emerson - Elocution - 1831 - 356 pages
...for retiring, And we heard, by 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 a stone, But we left him — alone with his glory. THE STAR.— Read,... | |
| Peninsular War, 1807-1814 - 1831 - 318 pages
...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 ; \Ve carved not a line,— and we raised not a stone, — But we left him alone with his glory ! in... | |
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