 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,...  Golden Numbers: A Book of Verse for Youth - Página 296editado por - 1902 - 687 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Constable and co, ltd - 1828 - 650 páginas
...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...gory ; We carved not a line, — and we raised not a stone,-" But we left him alone with his glory ! in contact with the soldiers under Romana, and partly... | |
 | John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - 1828 - 600 páginas
...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...and gory ; We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone — But we left him alone with his glory ! TO THE MEMORY OF A VERY PROMISING CHILD, WRITTEN AFTER... | |
 | 1828 - 316 páginas
...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...firing. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the 6eld of his fame, fresh and gory ; We carvtd not a line, — and we raised not a stone,— But we left... | |
 | Charles Wolfe - 1828 - 312 páginas
...— But little he'll reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him. VII. But half of our heavy task was done, - When the clock...heard the distant and random gun That the foe was suddenly firing. VIII. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory... | |
 | 1828 - 814 páginas
...When the clock tolled the hour for retiring ; And we heard the distant and random gun Of the enemy sullenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid him down,...and gory : We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory. " Wolfe. ON A TOMBSTONE IN CHESHIRE. O stranger ! let... | |
 | 1829 - 434 páginas
...him, — But little he '11 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...and gory ; We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone — But we left him alone with his glory!' pp. 28-31. Mr Wolfe was keenly alive to the impressions... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 páginas
...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...and gory ; We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone — But we left him alone with his glory ! VERSES. IF I had thought thou couldst have died, I... | |
 | Lyre - 1830 - 396 páginas
...done, When 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,...gory : . We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory. THE WAR OF THE LEAGUE. BY THOMAS MACAULEY. Now glory to... | |
 | 1831 - 318 páginas
...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...him down, From the field of his fame, fresh and gory ; \Ve carved not a line,— and we raised not a stone, — But we left him alone with his glory ! in... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1832 - 428 páginas
...let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him. A But half of our heavy task was clone, When the clock struck the hour for retiring ; And...line, and we raised not a stoneBut we left him alone with his glory. WOLFE. 8. — THE MARINER'S DREAM. IN slumbers of midnight the Sailor boy lay, His... | |
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