 | James Campbell (teacher of English.) - 1832 - 274 pages
...And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him,— But nothing 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, And we heard by the distant and random gun That the foe was suddenly firing. When the clock toll'd... | |
 | James Hedderwick - Oratory - 1833 - 232 pages
...And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him; But nothing 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 toll'd the hour for retiring, And we heard by the distant and random gun, That the foe was suddenly... | |
 | Samuel BLACKBURN - 1833 - 254 pages
...And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him : But nothing 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 toll'd the hour for retiring : And we heard by the distant random gun, That the foe was suddenly firing.... | |
 | James Carrick Moore - 1833 - 434 pages
...— 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 struck the hour for retiring ; Aud we heard the distant and random gun That the foe was suddenly firing. VIII. Slowly and sadly... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1833 - 312 pages
...the grave where a Briton has laid him." 7 But half of our heavy task was done, When the clock toll'd the hour for retiring, And we heard the distant and random gun, the foe was suddenly firing— 8 (jj ) Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame... | |
 | B. Ducos - Great Britain - 1834 - 444 pages
...o'er his eold ashes upbraid him , — But little he'll reek , 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 eloek struek tbe hour for retiring ; And we heard the distant and random gun That the foe was sullenly... | |
 | James Carrick Moore - 1834 - 434 pages
...him,— 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 struck the hour for retiring; Aud we heard the distant and random gun That the foe was suddenly firing. . ~ -•. VIII. •"•£... | |
 | James Carrick Moore - 1834 - 436 pages
...— 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 struck the hour for retiring ; Aud we heard the distant and random gun That the foe was suddenly firing. VIII. Slowly and sadly... | |
 | B. Ducos - Great Britain - 1834 - 446 pages
...npbraid him , — But little he'll reek , if they Iei him sleep on In the grave where a Briton bas laid him. But half of our heavy task was done , When the eloek struek the hour for retirinp ; And we heard the distant and random gun That the foe was sullenly... | |
 | Songs - 1835 - 320 pages
...on, In the grave where a Briton has laid him. But half our heavy task was done, When the clock told the hour for retiring, And we heard the distant and random gun, That the foe was sudenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and glory,... | |
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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. 
