 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...  Class-book of English Poetry from Chaucer to Tennyson - Стр. 552авторы: Daniel Scrymgeour - 1870 - Страниц: 597Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | Charles William Smith (professor of elocution.) - 1857 - Страниц: 338
...In the grave where a Briton has laid him. But half of our heavy task was done, When the clock tolled the hour for retiring ; And we heard the distant and...of his fame fresh and gory ; We carved not a line, we raised not a stone, But we left him — alone with his glory ! PEACE. BY GEORGE HERBERT. SWEET Peace,... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott - 1857 - Страниц: 436
...When the clock struck the hour for retiring ; And we heard the distant and random g\m Of the enemy sullenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid him down,...not a stone — But we left him alone with his glory ! ALLAN CUNNINGHAM. THE POET'S BRIDAL-DAY SONG. OH ! my love's like the steadfast sun, Or streams that... | |
 | English poetry - 1857 - Страниц: 334
...hour for retiring; And we heard by the distant and random gun, That the foe was sullenly firing. i Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field...not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory ! WOLFE THE EOSE. THE rose had been washed, just washed in a shower, Which Mary to Anna conveyed ;... | |
 | John George Hodgins - 1857 - Страниц: 230
...clock told the hour for retiring ; And we heard the distant and random gun That the foe ivas suddenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the...line, and we raised not a stone, But we left him alone in his glory 1 XVin. TWENTY YEARS AGO— THE SCHOOL-BOY'S REMINISCENCE. The grass is just as green,... | |
 | Edward Hayes - 1857 - Страниц: 456
...But half of our heavy task was done, When the clock struck the hour for retiring ; And we heard bv the distant and random gun — That the foe was sullenly...of his fame fresh and gory ; We carved not a line, we raised not a stone — But we left him alone with his glory ! THE FORGING OF THE ANCHOR. BY SAMUEL... | |
 | Aubrey Thomas De Vere - 1858 - Страниц: 298
...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...not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory. Wolfe. THE CHAPEL BY THE SHORE. By the shore a plot of ground Clips a ruin'd chapel round, Buttress'd... | |
 | Samuel Lover - 1858 - Страниц: 394
...But little hell 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...of his fame, fresh and gory ; We carved not a line, we raised not a stone — But we left him alone in his glory ! I have said, many claims were laid to... | |
 | Thomas Buckley Smith - 1858 - Страниц: 310
...clock struck 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...a stone — But we left him alone with his glory. — WOLFE. RETREAT OF THE FRENCH ARMY IN RUSSIA.* Magnificence of ruin ! what has time In all it ever... | |
 | Children - 1859 - Страниц: 198
...In 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 the distant and...of his fame fresh and gory ; We carved not a line — we raised not a stone — But we left him alone in his glory. WOLFE. TEUE-HEAETEDNESS. TELL me... | |
 | 1859 - Страниц: 374
...him. But half of our heavy task was done, When the clock toll'd the hour for retiring, And we heard by the distant and random gun, That the foe was sullenly...his fame fresh and gory • We carved not a line, we raised not a stone, But we left him alone in his glory. GLEN'ARA.* OH ! heard you yon pibroch sound... | |
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