 | J[ohn] H[anbury]. Dwyer - Elocution - 1828 - 314 pages
...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. WINTER IN COPENHAGEN. ERE yet the clouds... | |
 | William Brittainham Lacey - Elocution - 1828 - 308 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 carv'd not a line, and we raised not a stone — But we left him alone with his glory. Extract from CAMPBELL'S Pleasures... | |
 | Alaric Alexander Watts - English poetry - 1828 - 430 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. B/uckwood's Magazine.... | |
 | Constable and co, ltd - 1828 - 650 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 ! in contact... | |
 | John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - English poetry - 1828 - 600 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 ! TO THE MEMORY... | |
 | Alaric Alexander Watts - English poetry - 1828 - 498 pages
...heard, by the distant and random gun, That the foe was suddenly firing. 96 THE POETICAL ALBUM. 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. BlackwoocCs Magazine.... | |
 | John Pierpont - Children's literature - 1828 - 320 pages
...random gun, That the foe was suddenly firing. When the clock tolled the hour for retiring ; 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 glory. LESSON CVI. War contrary... | |
 | English poetry - 1828 - 814 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. " Wolfe. ON A TOMBSTONE... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1828 - 414 pages
...retiring, * And we heard the distant and 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 we left him — -alone with his glory ! 6. Eve lamenting... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 264 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! r ADDRESS TO THE... | |
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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. 
