 | Theology - 1829 - 434 pages
...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...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!' pp. 28-31. Mr Wolfe was keenly... | |
 | John Pierpont - Readers - 1829 - 290 pages
...clock 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 cr.'.-ved not a line, we raised not a stone, But loft him alone with his glory. LESSON CVI. War contrary... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - American literature - 1830 - 334 pages
...clock tolled the hour for retiring, And we heard the distant and random gun, That the foe was suddenly firing — Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From...gory ! We carved not a line, we raised not a stone, But we left him — alone with his glory ! PRINCIPLES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. Quincy. WHEN we speak... | |
 | James Kennedy - 1830 - 502 pages
...told 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...gory ; We carved not a line, we raised not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory. Homer's time. I have travelled through the country and know the... | |
 | James Kennedy - Poets, English - 1830 - 506 pages
...told 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...gory ; We carved not a line, we raised not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory, ' Homer's time. I have travelled through the country and know... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 pages
...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...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 ! VERSES. IF I had thought thou... | |
 | Lyre - English poetry - 1830 - 396 pages
...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,...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 WAR OF THE LEAGUE. BY THOMAS MACAULEY.... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - Elocution - 1831 - 356 pages
...clock 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...gory; We carved not a line, we raised not a stone, But we left him — alone with his glory. THE STAR.— Read, i How brilliant on the Ethiop brow of... | |
 | John Pierpont - Readers - 1831 - 294 pages
...clock 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...gory ; We carved not a line, we raised not a stone, But left him alone with his glory. LESSON CVI. War contrary to the Courses of Nature, and the Spirit... | |
 | Peninsular War, 1807-1814 - 1831 - 318 pages
...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 ; \Ve carved not a line,— and we raised not a stone, — But we left him alone with his glory ! in... | |
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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. 
