 But half of our heavy task was done, When the 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 ; We carved not a...  The Edinburgh Monthly Review - Page 4151821Full view - About this book
 | 1835 - 804 pages
...scarcely inferior to that concept ion, one of the noblest of its kind in the whole compass of poetry— "We carved not a line, we raised not a stone, But we left him alone with A« glory." There are few names which can justly be relied upon, thus to speak the epitaphs of those... | |
 | 1836 - 884 pages
...random gun, That the foe was suddenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid him down. From the field of lus fame fresh and gory ; We carved not a line — we...not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory. London :— Printed by JOSEPH LAST, 3, F-dwardstreet, Hampstead-rnad ; and published by WM CLARK, 19,... | |
 | Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 pages
...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...stone — But we left him alone with his glory. THE CHAMELEON. OFT has it been my lot to mark A proud, conceited, talking spark, With eyes that hardly... | |
 | Jesse Olney - Readers - 1838 - 346 pages
...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...a stone, But we left him — alone with his glory I LESSON XCVI. Boadicea* — COWPER. 1. WHEN the British warrior queen, Bleeding from the Roman rods,... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1838 - 316 pages
...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 loss of Paradise. ( — )... | |
 | Priscilla Maden Watts - 1839 - 286 pages
...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...not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory. HOME. I KNEW my father's chimney top, Though nearer to my heart than eye, And watched the blue smoke... | |
 | 1841 - 986 pages
...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 ! FATAL SENSIBILITY. A TALE OF THE AFFECTIONS. FOUNDED ON FACT. CHARLES ENFIELD was the son of a respectable... | |
 | Cam river - 1841 - 318 pages
...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...line, we raised not a stone, But we left him alone in his glory. WOLFE. HEY MY CHICKEN. HEY my chicken, my chicken, And hey my chicken, my deary! Such... | |
 | Lyre - English poetry - 1841 - 374 pages
...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. THE WAR OF THE LEAGUE. BY THOMAS MACAULEY. Now glory to the Lord of Hosts, from whom all glories are I... | |
 | Lyre - English poetry - 1841 - 366 pages
...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. V THE WAR OF THE LEAGUE. A / . BY THOMAS MACAULEY. Now glory to the Lord of Hosts, from whom all glories... | |
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