 | Thomas O'Connor - 1824 - 180 pages
...heavy task was done, When the clock told the hour for retiring, And we heard the distant random gun, That the foe was suddenly firing. Slowly and sadly...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 glory. V . *• \ TROM MOORE'S... | |
 | Thomas Medwin - 1825 - 606 pages
...task was done, When the clock told the hour for retiring; And we heard by the distant and random gun, That the foe was suddenly firing. Slowly and sadly...We carved not a line, we raised not a stone, But we lest him alone with his glory. » « On n'entendit pas un tambour , pas un chant funéraire, pendant... | |
 | 1825 - 508 pages
...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...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.*... | |
 | Thomas Medwin - 1825 - 578 pages
...the clock told the hour for retiring ; And we heard the distant and random gun Of the enemy sullenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From 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. The feeling with which he recited... | |
 | 1825 - 600 pages
...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...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... | |
 | 1825 - 710 pages
...the hour for returning ; And we heard the distant and random gun, That the foe was sullenly Bring. " 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." Of the person who possessed such... | |
 | John Arliss - 1825 - 382 pages
...clock told the hour of 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 fume fresh and gory; We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone, But we left him alone with his... | |
 | 1825 - 724 pages
...struck the hour for returning ; And we heard the distant and random gun, That the foe waa sullenly firing. " Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of hu fame fresh and gory ; We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone, But we left him alone with... | |
 | George Gordon Noël Byron - 1826 - 804 pages
...task was done, When the clock told the hour for retiring ; And we heard by the distant and random gun, 'twere wild , — as on the plunder'd wreck When...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... | |
 | John White (A.M.) - 1826 - 340 pages
...distant and random gun, That the foe was suddenly firing— When the clock tolled the hour for retiring, Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field...carved not a line, we raised not a stone, But we left him—alone with his glory ! There have been several disputes about the author of these admirable lines.... | |
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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. 
