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" 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. "
The Freemason's Monthly Magazine - Page 250
1844
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Arliss's Literary collections

John Arliss - 1825 - 382 pages
...cold ashes upbraid him ; But little he'll reck, if they let him sleep on, In the grave where a Briton laid him. But half of our heavy task was done, When the clock told the hour of retiring ; And we heard the distant and random gun That the foe was sullenly firing....
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The Annual Biography and Obituary, Volume 10

Great Britain - 1826 - 520 pages
...— But little he'll reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him. 7. " But half of our heavy task was done, When the clock...; 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 of his fame fresh and...
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The Annual Biography and Obituary for the Year ..., Volume 10

Great Britain - 1826 - 494 pages
...— But little he'll reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him. 7. " But half of our heavy task was done, When the clock...; 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 of his fame fresh and...
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The Works of Lord Byron: Complete in One Volume

George Gordon Noël Byron - 1826 - 804 pages
...And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him ; But nothing he'll reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave ? find ST. 19—27. PILGRIMAGE. CAKTO told the hour for retiring ; And we heard by the distant and random gun, That the foe was suddenly...
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The elementary elocutionist: a selection of pieces in prose and verse, by J ...

John White (A.M.) - 1826 - 340 pages
...he'll reck, if they let him sleep on " Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, In the grave where a Briton has laid him." ' But half of our heavy task was done, And we heard the distant and random gun, That the foe was suddenly firing— When the clock tolled...
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The Christian observer [afterw.] The Christian observer and advocate

1827 - 854 pages
...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...; 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 "...
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Remains of the Late Rev. Charles Wolfe ...: With a Brief Memoir of His Life

Charles Wolfe, John Abraham Russell - Sermons, English - 1827 - 500 pages
...— But little he '11 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...; And we heard the distant and random gun That the foe was sullenly firing. VIII. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh...
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The Medical Intelligencer: Containing Extracts from Foreign and ..., Volume 4

Medicine - 1827 - 554 pages
...In the grave where a Briton has laid him. But half of our duty was yet done, When the clock toll'd the hour for retiring, And we heard the distant and random gun, Which the foe was suddenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh...
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Specimens of the Lyrical, Descriptive, and Narrative Poets of Great Britain ...

John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - English poetry - 1828 - 600 pages
..."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...; 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...
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Memorials of the Late War ...

Europe - 1828 - 316 pages
...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...; And we heard the distant and random gun That the foe was sullenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the 6eld of his fame, fresh and gory...
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