 | Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1825 - 622 Seiten
...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 carv'd not a line, and we rais'd not a stone, But wo left him alone with... | |
 | 1862 - 512 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 field of his fame, fresh and gory. Tils poet, who has afforded to to many thousands of readers the luxury of... | |
 | John Sydney Taylor - 1843 - 568 Seiten
...done, When 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... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1843 - 320 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Quaver - 1844 - 552 Seiten
...the clock 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... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 Seiten
...When the clock struck the hour for retiring ; And we heard the distant and random gun That the foe was ; To him indifferent whether grief or joy. his fame freeh and gory ; We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone — But we left him alone... | |
 | 1844 - 402 Seiten
...the 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 , We carved not a line, we raised not a stone, Bat we left him alone — with... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 108 Seiten
...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, and we raised not a stone, But we left him alone with... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - 1844 - 544 Seiten
...clock tolled the 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 carved not a line, we raised not a stone, But left him alone with his... | |
 | 1844 - 328 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 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... | |
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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... 
