 | Printers - 1844 - 328 pages
...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 Rory ; We carv'd not a line, we rais'd not a stone ; But we left him alone in his glory. HE LOVES AND... | |
 | Modern poetical speaker, Fanny Bury PALLISER - 1845 - 540 pages
...and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow ! Lightly they'll talk o the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid...down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory ; We carv'd not a line, and we rais'd not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory ! WOLFE. THE LIVING... | |
 | sir Charles Gavan Duffy - Ballads, Irish - 1845 - 262 pages
...they "11 talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him,— But little he '11 reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where...him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory; A LAMENT FOR THE TIRON'IAN AND TIRCONNELLIAN FRINGES BURIED AT ROME. TRANSLATED FROM THE ITCISH, BT... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - Elocution - 1845 - 492 pages
...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 atone, But left him alone — with his glory. THE SAILOR-BOY'S DREAM.... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - Anatomy - 1845 - 330 pages
...And we heard the distant I and random gun, That the foe I was sullenly firing. Slowly I and sadly I 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 I alone in his glory. 594. c'ABHii's AOAINST слали. Honor—... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - Elocution - 1845 - 390 pages
...And we heard the distant 1 and random gun, That the foe I was sullenly firing. Slowly I and sadly I 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 I alone in his glory. 394* CAMIDS AOAIBST C«SAR. Honor —... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - Elocution - 1845 - 334 pages
...the distant I and random gun. That the foe I was sullenly tiring. Slowly I and sadly I we laid liim down, From the field of his fame, fresh, and gory, We carved not a line, we raised not a stone. But we left him I alone In his glory. 594* CASSIUS AGAINST C.KSAR. Honor—is... | |
 | Ballads, American - 1846 - 166 pages
...on, In the grave where a Briton has laid him. But half our heavy task was done, When the clock told the hour for retiring, And we heard the distant and...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 with his glory. THE GATHERING OF THE... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1842 - 316 pages
...the hour for retiring, And we heard by the distant, 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 left him alone with his gl&ry ! QUESTIONS. — 1. Who was Sir John Moore?... | |
 | Brothers of the Christian schools of Ireland - 1846 - 144 pages
...barren. How 6ne must be the impression which the rays of light produce on the retina of the eye ! • we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory ; We carved a line, we raised a stone, But we left him in his glory. Ellipsis of the Preposition. Rain is formed... | |
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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. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory! We carved not a line,... 
