 | 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... | |
 | 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...carved not a line, and we raised not a stone, — But left him alone with his glory. IK I had thought thou couldst have died, I might not weep for thee ;... | |
 | 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...carved not a line, and we raised not a stone, — But left him alone with his glory. IF I had thought thou couldst have died. I might not weep for thee ;... | |
 | Jesse Olney - Readers - 1838 - 346 pages
...the 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 of his fame fresh and gory We carved not a line, we raised not a stone, But we left him — alone with his glory I LESSON XCVI. Boadicea* — COWPER.... | |
 | 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 of his fame fresh and gory! We carved not a line, we raised not a stone, But left him — alone with his glory! Wolfe. EXERCISE 30. Eve lamenting the... | |
 | 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 of his fame fresh and gory ; We carved not a line, we raised not a stone — But we left him alone with his glory. THE CHAMELEON. OFT has it been my lot... | |
 | 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 of his fame fresh and gory : We carved not a line, we raised not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory. HOME. I KNEW my father's chimney top,... | |
 | 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... | |
 | English poetry - 1840 - 368 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...carved not a line, and we raised not a stone* But left him alone with his glory. IF I had thought thou couldst have died, I might not weep for thee ;... | |
 | Book - 1841 - 164 pages
...struck the hour for retiring : And we heard the distant and random gun That the foe was suddenly firing. 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. WHAT, then, is... | |
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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, we raised not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory. 
