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" 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... "
Songs of Three Centuries - Page 153
edited by - 1890 - 383 pages
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Accepted Addresses; Or, Proemium Poetarum: To which are Added, Macbeth ...

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...of his fame fresh 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...
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The American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review, Volume 1

H. Biglow, Orville Luther Holley - 1817 - 492 pages
...tolf'd the hour for retiring, And we beard the distant random gun That the foe was suddenly tiring. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field...a stone, — But we left him alone with his glory. ART. 11. THESPIAN REGISTER. Friday Evening, June 20. Hero of the North. — Lady of the Lake. THIS...
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Annual Register, Volume 59

Edmund Burke - 1818 - 1264 pages
...toll'd 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...not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory. MR. MR. CAMPBELL'S ODE ON THE RETIREMENT :F MR. JP KEMBLE. Pride of the British stage, A long and last...
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British melodies, extracts from the modern poets [signed J.H.R.].

British melodies - 1820 - 280 pages
...toll'd the hour for retiring ; And we heard by the distant and random guq, That the foe was suddenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the...not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory. Sir John Moore, was killed by a cannon shot in the moment of victory, at the battle of Corunna, Jan....
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Journal of the Conversations of Lord Byron: Noted During a ..., Volume 1

Thomas Medwin - 1824 - 372 pages
...told 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...a stone, " But we left him alone with his glory." The feeling with which he recited these admirable stanzas, I shall never forget. After he had come...
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The soldier's companion, or Martial recorder, consisting of biography ...

Soldier - 1824 - 518 pages
...clock toll'd 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...not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory. X.IGBT DRAGOONS. ON the peace of 1763, this regiment was reviewed by His late Majesty in Hyde-Park,—when...
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The Dublin and London magazine

1825 - 508 pages
...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...of his fame fresh 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.*...
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The Eclectic review. vol. 1-New [8th], Volume 24

1825 - 600 pages
...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...of his 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...
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The Works of Lord Byron: Complete in One Volume

George Gordon Noël Byron - 1826 - 804 pages
...told the hour for retiring ; And we heard by the distant and random gun, That the foe was suddenly he plunder'd wreck When mariners would madly meet...yet inspire a cheer, which he forbore to check. Stop HOURS OF IDLENESS. Jtfijr Of fit fidf a/fast, fiacre ri ytixei. HOM». He whittled as he vent for want...
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Constable's miscellany of original and selected publications

Constable and co, ltd - 1828 - 650 pages
...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...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 ! in contact with the soldiers...
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