 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
 | Henry William Dulcken - 1860 - Страниц: 230
...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 with his glory ! WOLFE. [Seldom indeed can it be said... | |
 | Thomas Shorter - 1861 - Страниц: 224
...And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him ; But little he'll reck, if they let him sleep on, But half of our heavy task was done, "When the clock struck the...a stone — But we left him alone with his glory. WOLFE. 97. VILLAGE CHILDBEN. A BAND of village children, hand in hand, Came speeding lightly on the... | |
 | Sir Charles Gavan Duffy - 1861 - Страниц: 264
...Put little he '11 reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has hud him. Bat half of our heavy task was done, When the clock struck the...him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory j A LAMENT FOB THE TIRONIAK AND TIRCONNELLIAN PRINCBS BURIED AT ROME. TRANSLATED FROM THE BUSH, BY... | |
 | English poets - 1862 - Страниц: 626
...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 ! SONG. IF I had thought thou couldst have died, I might not weep for thee ; But I forgot, when by... | |
 | Popular poetry - 1862 - Страниц: 246
...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...a stone, — But we left him alone with his glory. Wolfe. WORK AND BEST. " BEST P " — Thou must not seek for reet Until thy task be done ; Thou must... | |
 | Choice poems - 1862 - Страниц: 368
...sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him. But half of our heavy task was done, When the dock struck the hour for retiring ; And we heard the distant...not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory ! William Cullen Bryant. Bom 1794. THE DAMSEL OF PERU. WHERE olive leaves were twinkling in every wind... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1862 - Страниц: 564
...little he 'il 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 with his glory ! THE BATTLE OF IIOIIENLISDKN, 1800.... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1879 - Страниц: 372
...the hour for retiring; And we heard the distant and random gun That the foe was sullenly firing. 8. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field...not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory! DEFINITIONS. — 3. Mar'tial (pro. mar'shal), military. 6. Upbraid', to charge with something wrong... | |
 | Benedict Richard O'Gorman Anderson - 1991 - Страниц: 244
...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...not a stone But we left him alone with his glory! The lines celebrate a heroic memory with a beauty inseparable from the English language - one untranslatable,... | |
 | Martin Gardner - 1995 - Страниц: 212
...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...line, and we raised not a stone, But we left him alone in his glory. HENRY CLAY WORK (1832-1884) "GRANDFATHER'S CLOCK" may he a hit out of place here hecause... | |
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