 | Songs - 1835 - 320 pages
...told the hour for retiring, And we heard the distant and random gun, That the foe was sudenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and glory, We carv'd not a line, we rais'd not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory. SOLDIER'S... | |
 | 1836 - 884 pages
...random gun, That the foe was suddenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid him down. From the field of lus fame fresh and gory ; We carved not a line — we...not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory. London :— Printed by JOSEPH LAST, 3, F-dwardstreet, Hampstead-rnad ; and published by WM CLARK, 19,... | |
 | Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 pages
...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...a stone — But we left him alone with his glory. THE CHAMELEON. OFT has it been my lot to mark A proud, conceited, talking spark, With eyes that hardly... | |
 | Jesse Olney - Readers - 1838 - 346 pages
...hour for retiring, And we heard the distant and random gun, That the foe was suddenly firing — 8. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field...a stone, But we left him — alone with his glory I LESSON XCVI. Boadicea* — COWPER. 1. WHEN the British warrior queen, Bleeding from the Roman rods,... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1838 - 316 pages
...sleep on In 'the grave where a Briton has laid him." 7 But half of our heavy task was done, 8 ( j; ) Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field...gory! We carved not a line, we raised not a stone, But left him — alone with his glory! Wolfe. EXERCISE 30. Eve lamenting the loss of Paradise. ( — )... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1838 - 348 pages
...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 left him alone with his glory. IF I had thought thou couldst have... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1838 - 336 pages
...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 left him alone with his glory. IK I had thought thou couldst have... | |
 | Priscilla Maden Watts - 1839 - 286 pages
...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...not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory. HOME. I KNEW my father's chimney top, Though nearer to my heart than eye, And watched the blue smoke... | |
 | 1841 - 986 pages
...sorrow, But we Btedfastly gazed on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. • * • 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 ! FATAL SENSIBILITY. A TALE OF THE... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1839 - 316 pages
...let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him." 7 But half of our heavy task was done, g) Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory! We carved not a lme, we raised not a stone, But left him — alone with his glory! Wolfe. EXERCISE 30. Eve lamenting... | |
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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. 
