| J[ohn] H[anbury]. Dwyer - 1828 - 314 pagine
...the bell toll'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 his glory. WINTER IN COPENHAGEN.... | |
| John Pierpont - 1829 - 290 pagine
...But half of our heavy task was done, When the clock tolled the hour for retiring ; And we heard, by the distant random gun, That the foe was suddenly...down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory ; We cr.'.-ved not a line, we raised not a stone, But loft him alone with his glory. LESSON CVI. War contrary... | |
| 1829 - 434 pagine
...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...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!' pp. 28-31. Mr Wolfe was keenly... | |
| George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 pagine
...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 ! VERSES. IF I had thought thou... | |
| Lyre - 1830 - 396 pagine
...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...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 WAR OF THE LEAGUE. BY THOMAS MACAULEY.... | |
| 1831 - 318 pagine
...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 ; \Ve carved not a line,— and we raised not a stone, — But we left him alone with his glory ! in... | |
| Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pagine
...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. GO, FORGET ME. Go. forget me — why... | |
| Thomas Ewing - 1832 - 428 pagine
...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 stoneBut we left him alone with his glory. WOLFE. 8. — THE MARINER'S DREAM. IN... | |
| Moses Severance - 1832 - 312 pagine
...for retiring ; And we heard, too, the distant ranijom gun, That the foe was then suddenly firing. 8. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory ; SECTION V. " Earth to Earth, and Dust to Dust." "EARTH to earth, and dust to dust !" Here the evil... | |
| Samuel BLACKBURN - 1833 - 254 pagine
...But half of our heavy task was done, When the clock toll'd the hour for retiring : And we heard by the distant random gun, That the foe was suddenly...down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory; We carv'd not a line, we rais'd not a stone, But left him alone with his glory. Rev c ^oife VOLTAIRE COMPARED... | |
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