 | Samuel Kirkham - Elocution - 1834 - 360 pages
...went in pursuit of them. There was a singular opposition between his alleged motives and his conduct. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory. Oft in the lone church-yard, at night I've seen The school-boy with his satchel in his hand. To avoid... | |
 | James Carrick Moore - 1834 - 436 pages
...hour for retiring ; Aud we heard the distant and random gun That the foe was suddenly firing. VIII. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory ; WTe carved not a line, and we raised not a stoneBut we left him alone with his glory ! GENERAL ORDERS.... | |
 | B. Ducos - Great Britain - 1834 - 446 pages
...struek the hour for retirinp ; 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 earved not a line , and we raised not a stone — But we left him alone wilh his glory ' ! Si... | |
 | James Carrick Moore - 1834 - 434 pages
...the foe was suddenly firing. . ~ -•. VIII. •"•£ Slowly and sadly we laid him down, '- VFrom the field of his fame fresh and gory ; We carved not a line, and we raised not a stoneBut we left him alone with his glory! GENERAL ORDERS. BY HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS... | |
 | Moses Severance - American literature - 1835 - 314 pages
...for retiring ; And we heard, too, the distant random gun, That the foe was then suddenly firing. 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 we left him alone — with his glory. Welfs. , SECTION... | |
 | Songs - 1835 - 320 pages
...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, We carv'd not a line, we rais'd not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory. SOLDIER'S... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1838 - 336 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 left him alone with his glory. IK I had thought thou couldst have... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1838 - 348 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 left him alone with his glory. IF I had thought thou couldst have... | |
 | 1841 - 986 pages
...sorrow, But we Btedfastly gazed on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. • * • 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 ! FATAL SENSIBILITY. A TALE OF THE... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1839 - 316 pages
...let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him." 7 But half of our heavy task was done, g) Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory! We carved not a lme, we raised not a stone, But left him — alone with his glory! Wolfe. EXERCISE 30. Eve lamenting... | |
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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. 
