 Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him ; But little he'll reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him ! But half of our heavy task was done When the clock struck the hour for retiring,...  Golden Numbers: A Book of Verse for Youth - Page 296edited by - 1902 - 687 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1813 - 410 pages
...In the grave where a Briton has laid him. But half of our heavy task was done, When the clock told the hour for retiring; And we heard the distant and...and gory; We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone, But we left him alone in his glory. THE MARRIAGE OF SIR JOHN SMITH. PHCEBE CAREY. Not a sigh... | |
 | 1825 - 508 pages
...upbraid him, But little he'll reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him. ' But half of our heavy task was done, When the clock...and gory: We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone, But we left him alone with hii glory !' THE TRIAL OF DANIEL O'CONNELL, ESQ.* WE have seldom... | |
 | 1825 - 600 pages
...him, — But little he'll reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave' where a Briton has laid him. ' But half of our heavy task was done, When the clock...fame fresh and gory ; We carved not a line, and we rais'd not a stone. But we left him alone with his glory !' We have described this poem, as the production... | |
 | Thomas Medwin - 1825 - 578 pages
...done, When 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,...and gory ; We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory. The feeling with which he recited these admirable stanzas,... | |
 | John Arliss - 1825 - 382 pages
...grave where a Briton laid him. But half of our heavy task was done, When the clock told the hour of retiring ; And we heard the distant and random gun...and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fume fresh and gory; We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone, But we left him alone with his... | |
 | 1825 - 710 pages
...the hour for returning ; And we heard the distant and random gun, That the foe was sullenly Bring. " Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field...and gory ; We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory." Of the person who possessed such high poetical merit... | |
 | 1826 - 494 pages
...— But little he'll reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him. 7. " But half of our heavy task was done, When the clock...distant and random gun That the foe was sullenly firing. 8. " Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory ; We carv'd not a... | |
 | 1826 - 520 pages
...— But little he'll reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him. 7. " But half of our heavy task was done, When the clock...distant and random gun That the foe was sullenly firing. 8. " Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory ; We carv'd not a... | |
 | Charles Wolfe, John Abraham Russell - 1827 - 500 pages
...— But little he '11 reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him. VII. But half of our heavy task was done, When the clock...distant and random gun That the foe was sullenly firing. VIII. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory ; We carved not... | |
 | 1827 - 854 pages
...upbraid him,— But little he'll reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him. But half of our heavy task was done, When the clock...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 " Nor will... | |
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