 | English poetry - 1844 - 108 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 ! WOLFE. THE ROSE. THE rose had been... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 pagine
...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 - 1844 - 552 pagine
...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.... | |
 | 1844 - 452 pagine
...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 pagine
...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 - 1845 - 494 pagine
...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... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 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 lull him alone with his glory. OH, MY LOVE HAS AN EYE OF THE SOFTEST... | |
 | John Frost - 1845 - 458 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 ! WOLFE. 74. BATTLE HYMN. Now glory... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pagine
...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 - 1845 - 492 pagine
...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. 
