 | Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1825 - 622 pages
...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 carv'd not a line, and we rais'd not a stone, But wo left him alone with his glory !" It is impossible... | |
 | Samuel Niles Sweet - 1843 - 324 pages
...sleep on, In the grave where his comrades have laid him. 7. Not the half of our heavy fcisk was done 8. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame, fresh and gory : We carv'd not a line, we rais'd not a stone, But left him alone — with his glory. — Wolfe. The... | |
 | John Sydney Taylor - 1843 - 568 pages
...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 field of his fame fresh and gory ; W T e carved not a line, and we raised not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory !' " " '... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1843 - 320 pages
...the hour for retiring, And we knew by the distant random gun, That the foe was then 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 left him alone — with his glory. THE SAILOR. BOY'S... | |
 | Baynard Rush Hall - 1843 - 352 pages
...new things —the tont prefer new things that have a smell and die. CHAPTER XLVI. " Slowly and eadly 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 left him alone with his glory." AT the end of... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 108 pages
...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 line, and we raised not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory ! WOLFE. THE... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - 1844 - 544 pages
...tolled the hour for retiring: And we heard by the distant 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 left him alone with his glory. 1. On what day did... | |
 | 1844 - 452 pages
...struck the hour for retiring ; And we heard the distant and random gun That the fee was sullenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame, fresh and gory f We carved not a line, we raised not a stone, But we left him alone — with his glory. A SHORT TALE... | |
 | Quaver - 1844 - 552 pages
...the hour for retiring ; And we heard by 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 carv'd not a line, we rais'd not a stone, But we left him alone in his glory. MAY HE WHO WANTS... | |
 | 1844 - 328 pages
...the hour for retiring, And 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 Rory ; We carv'd not a line, we rais'd not a stone ; But we left him alone in his glory. HE LOVES AND... | |
| |
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. 
