 | 1844 - 452 sider
...struck the hour for retiring ; 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 f We carved not a line, we raised not a stone, But we left him alone — with his glory. A SHORT TALE... | |
 | 1844 - 328 sider
...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 Rory ; We carv'd not a line, we rais'd not a stone ; But we left him alone in his glory. HE LOVES AND... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 sider
...retiring ; And we heard the distant and random gun That the foe was sullenly firing. Slowly and sailly carved not a line, and we raised not a stone — But we left him alone with bis glory! The passage... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 sider
...struck the hour for retiring ; And we heard the distant and random gun That the foe was sullenly firing. ent whether grief or joy. freeh and gory ; We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone — But we left him alone with his... | |
 | Weldon Thornton - 1968 - 568 sider
...John Moore," by Irish clergyman and poet Charles Wolfe (1791-1823). The final stanza of the ode says, "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 in his glonr" (see Hoagland, pp.... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1879 - 372 sider
...of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold asjhes upbraid him ; But little he'll reck, if they'll let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid...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! DEFINITIONS. —... | |
 | Zack R. Bowen - 1974 - 394 sider
...which relates the last hurried rites accorded the British leader by his vanquished and retreating army: 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! When the origin of... | |
 | James Chapman - 378 sider
...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 carved not a line, we raised not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory. Anon. 20. The Lady1s... | |
 | Benedict Richard O'Gorman Anderson - 1991 - 244 sider
...pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head And we far away on the billow . . . 8. 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 lines celebrate... | |
 | Martin Gardner - 1995 - 212 sider
...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, and we raised not a stone, But we left him alone in his glory. HENRY CLAY WORK (1832-1884)... | |
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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, and we raised not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory. 
