 | English poetry - 1844 - 108 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 ! WOLFE. THE ROSE. THE rose had been... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1844 - 738 pages
...retiring ; And we heard the distant and random gun That the foe was sullenly firing. Slowly and sailly and we raised not a stone — But we left him alone with bis glory! The passage in the Edinburgh Annual... | |
 | Quaver - Songs - 1844 - 552 pages
...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 glory. MAY HE WHO WANTS GRATITUDE.... | |
 | Freemasonry - 1844 - 452 pages
...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 f We carved not a line, we raised not a stone, But we left him alone — with his glory. A SHORT TALE... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...clock struck the hour for retiring ; And we heard the distant and random gun That the foe was sullenly indifferent whether grief or joy. freeh and gory ; We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone — But we left him alone with his... | |
 | William Draper Swan - American literature - 1845 - 494 pages
...When the clock struck the hour for retiring ; And we heard the distant and random gun Of the enemy, suddenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid him down,...of his fame fresh and gory : We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone ; But we left him al^ . . LESSON CXXXII. Extract from a Speech on the British... | |
 | John Frost - Elocution - 1845 - 458 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 ! WOLFE. 74. BATTLE HYMN. Now glory... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1845 - 558 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 lull him alone with his glory. OH, MY LOVE HAS AN EYE OF THE SOFTEST... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...struck the hour for retiring ; And we heard the distant and random gun Of the enemy sullenly firing.1 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 t Wolfe. CHESS.8 SEE, ready for... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - Elocution - 1845 - 492 pages
...the bell 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.... | |
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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. 
