 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...  Songs of Three Centuries - Seite 153herausgegeben von - 1890 - 383 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1813 - 410 Seiten
...In the grave 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...of his fame fresh and gory; We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone, But we left him alone in his glory. THE MARRIAGE OF SIR JOHN SMITH. PHCEBE... | |
 | H. Biglow, Orville Luther Holley - 1817 - 492 Seiten
...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...a stone, — But we left him alone with his glory. ART. 11. THESPIAN REGISTER. Friday Evening, June 20. Hero of the North. — Lady of the Lake. THIS... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1818 - 1264 Seiten
...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...not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory. MR. MR. CAMPBELL'S ODE ON THE RETIREMENT :F MR. JP KEMBLE. Pride of the British stage, A long and last... | |
 | British melodies - 1820 - 280 Seiten
...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...not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory. Sir John Moore, was killed by a cannon shot in the moment of victory, at the battle of Corunna, Jan.... | |
 | Thomas Medwin - 1824 - 372 Seiten
...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...a stone, " But we left him alone with his glory." The feeling with which he recited these admirable stanzas, I shall never forget. After he had come... | |
 | Soldier - 1824 - 518 Seiten
...clock toll'd 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...not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory. X.IGBT DRAGOONS. ON the peace of 1763, this regiment was reviewed by His late Majesty in Hyde-Park,—when... | |
 | 1825 - 508 Seiten
...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...of his fame fresh and gory: We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone, But we left him alone with hii glory !' THE TRIAL OF DANIEL O'CONNELL, ESQ.*... | |
 | 1825 - 600 Seiten
...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...of his fame fresh and gory ; We carved not a line, and we rais'd not a stone. But we left him alone with his glory !' We have described this poem, as... | |
 | George Gordon Noël Byron - 1826 - 804 Seiten
...told the hour for retiring ; And we heard by the distant and random gun, That the foe was suddenly he plunder'd wreck When mariners would madly meet...yet inspire a cheer, which he forbore to check. Stop HOURS OF IDLENESS. Jtfijr Of fit fidf a/fast, fiacre ri ytixei. HOM». He whittled as he vent for want... | |
 | Constable and co, ltd - 1828 - 650 Seiten
...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...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 with the soldiers... | |
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