 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,...  Selections from the British Poets - Страница 1671840Пуни преглед - О овој књизи
 | 1844 - 402 страница
...cold ashes upbraid him, But little he'll reek, if they let him sleep on In the ground where a Briton has laid him. But half of our heavy task was done,...-; 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... | |
 | Quaver - 1844 - 552 страница
...him. But half our heavy task was done, When the clock told the hour for retiring ; And we heard by the distant and random gun, That the foe was sullenly...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.... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - 1844 - 544 страница
...clock tolled the hour for retiring: And we heard by the distant random gun, That the foe was suddenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the...of his fame fresh and gory ; We carved not a line, we raised not a stone, But left him alone with his glory. 1. On what day did Sir John Moore receive... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 страница
...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....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 BLUE. OR, my love has an eye of... | |
 | John Frost - 1845 - 458 страница
...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,...carved not a line, and we raised not a stone — But we left him alone with his glory ! WOLFE. 74. BATTLE HYMN. Now glory to the Lord of Hosts, from whom... | |
 | Modern poetical speaker, Fanny Bury PALLISER - 1845 - 540 страница
...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,...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 ! WOLFE. THE LIVING... | |
 | sir Charles Gavan Duffy - 1845 - 262 страница
...ashes upbraid him,— But little he '11 reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him. But half of our heavy task was done,...him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory; A LAMENT FOR THE TIRON'IAN AND TIRCONNELLIAN FRINGES BURIED AT ROME. TRANSLATED FROM THE ITCISH, BT... | |
 | William Draper Swan - 1845 - 494 страница
...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, From the...carved not a line, and we raised not a stone ; But we left him al^ . . LESSON CXXXII. Extract from a Speech on the British Treaty. FISHER AMES. IT is... | |
 | William Draper Swan - 1845 - 482 страница
...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,...retiring; And we heard the distant and random gun Of the enemy, suddenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 страница
...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,...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... | |
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