 | Great Britain - 1826 - 520 pages
...hour for retiring ; And we heard the distant and random gun That the foe was sullenly firing. 8. " 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 we left him alone with his glory !" A subsequent... | |
 | English essays - 1826 - 696 pages
...When the clock lold the hour for retiring ; And we heard by the distant random gun That the foe wa» suddenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame freeh and gory ; We carved not a line, we raised not a «tone, Bal left him alone with his glory t... | |
 | 1827 - 854 pages
...him. 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 suddenly...laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and " Nor will the muse leave her son comfortless in that more dreary solitude into which he may be drifted... | |
 | Medicine - 1827 - 554 pages
...yet done, When the clock toll'd the hour for retiring, And we heard the distant and random gun, Which the foe was suddenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid...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 glory. WHAT'S HONOR ? Not to... | |
 | Charles Wolfe, John Abraham Russell - Sermons, English - 1827 - 500 pages
...hour for retiring ; And we heard the distant and random gun That the foe was sullenly firing. VIII. 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 principal errors in most of... | |
 | William Brittainham Lacey - Elocution - 1828 - 308 pages
...him. But half of our heavy task was done, Wh«n the clock struck the hour for retiring ; And we heard the distant and random gun, That the foe was suddenly...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... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - Readers, American - 1828 - 266 pages
...him." But half of our heavy task was done, When the clock tolled the hour for retiring, And we heard the distant and random gun, That the foe was suddenly...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... | |
 | English poetry - 1828 - 814 pages
...clock tolled 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...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 IN CHESHIRE.... | |
 | John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - English poetry - 1828 - 600 pages
...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...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 OF A VERY PROMISING... | |
 | Constable and co, ltd - 1828 - 650 pages
...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...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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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. 
