 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...  The Edinburgh Monthly Review - Strana 4151821Úplné zobrazení - Podrobnosti o knize
 | Thomas Medwin - 1824 - 372 str.
...heard by the distant and random gun, " That the foe was suddenly firing, " Slowly and sadly we laid him down, " From the field of his fame fresh and gory...stone, " But we left him alone with his glory." The feeling with which he recited these admirable stanzas, I shall never forget. After he had come to an... | |
 | Soldier - 1824 - 518 str.
...And we heard the distant and random gun, That the foe was suddenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory,...not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory. X.IGBT DRAGOONS. ON the peace of 1763, this regiment was reviewed by His late Majesty in Hyde-Park,—when... | |
 | Thomas O'Connor - 1824 - 180 str.
...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 glory. V . *• \ TROM MOORE'S MELODIES. This Life is all chequered. AIR — " THE BUNCH or GREEN RUSHES."... | |
 | Thomas Medwin - 1825 - 606 str.
...we heard by the distant and random gun, That the foe was suddenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory:...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... | |
 | Thomas Medwin - 1825 - 578 str.
...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. The feeling with which he recited these admirable stanzas, I shall never forget. After he had come to an... | |
 | John Arliss - 1825 - 382 str.
...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 glory. * Numerous anthors have claimed the ahove heantiful verses : among the m.-.i forward has been the Rev.... | |
 | 1825 - 724 str.
...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 his glory." Of the person who possessed such high poetical merit •, our readers will be glad to know something.... | |
 | George Gordon Noël Byron - 1826 - 804 str.
...we heard by the distant and random gun, That the foe was suddenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid would madly meet their doom With draughts intemperate...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 str.
...the foe was suddenly firing— When the clock tolled the hour for retiring, Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory!...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.... | |
 | Charles Wolfe, John Abraham Russell - 1827 - 500 str.
...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 ! The principal errors in most of the copies of this poem were pointed out by an early friend of the author... | |
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