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" 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... "
Journal of the Conversations of Lord Byron: Noted During a Residence with ... - Page 113
by Thomas Medwin - 1824 - 304 pages
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The Port Folio

1817 - 560 pages
...of our heavy task was done, When the clock to1 I'd the hour for retiring, And we heard the distant random gun That the foe was suddenly firing. Slowly...not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory. London Courier. TRANSLATION OF i EOMNDK'S SONS. From"LaGalatee." LOvE'S purest pleasures wouldst thou...
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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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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 1

1817 - 708 pages
...thedistantand random gun, That the foe was suddenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, Frpm the field of his fame fresh and gory : We carved not...not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory. [ grant i 1 Then, adorn me with a new grace"— thereupon entreated the Spirit of the Rosebush. And...
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An excursion to Windsor, in July 1810. Also A sail down the river Medway ...

John Evans - 1817 - 610 pages
...suddenly firing ! Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his FAME fresh and gory, We carv'd not a line, we raised not a stone, But we left him alone with his OLOKY ! UPNOR CASTLE, on the opposite side of the river, next presented itself, built by Queen Elizabeth....
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The Edinburgh Monthly Magazine, Volume 1

1817 - 694 pages
...firing. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory: We carved not я line, we raised not a stone, But we left him alone with hin glory. THE MOSS ROSE. • (Prom the German of Krummadier.) JEitEWiin.K, in Orient's sunny clime....
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Spirit of the English Magazines, Volume 2

1818 - 506 pages
...the foe was suddenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame, fn sli and gory, We carved not a line, we raised not a stone, Bat we left him alone in hi* glory. PARAPHRASE OF PSALM XC. Frcii the New « .1. I, >!«..i,.- •...
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Annual Register, Volume 59

Edmund Burke - 1818 - 1264 pages
...the grave where a Briton has laid him, But half of our heavy task was done, • When the clock toll'd the hour for retiring} ' And we heard by the distant...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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The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and ..., Volume 59

Edmund Burke - 1818 - 798 pages
...und random gun, That the foe was suddenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid hin. down, From the Held of his fame fresh and gory : We carved not a line,...not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory. MR. CAMPBELL'S ODE ON THE RETIREMENT OF MR. JP КЕМ BLE. Pride of the British stage, A long and last...
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The Kaleidoscope: or, Literary and scientific mirror, Volume 5

1825 - 458 pages
...random gun, That the foe was suddenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid him down. From the field of nil fame fresh and gory : We carved not a line, we raised...not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory. * See our preparatory remarks. t We have frequently published thlj very talHK<*P> Edit. Kit. fix feeling...
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British melodies, extracts from the modern poets [signed J.H.R.].

British melodies - 1820 - 280 pages
...was done, When the clock toll'd the hour for retiring ; And we heard by the distant and random guq, That the foe was suddenly firing. Slowly and sadly...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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