 | Great Britain - 1826 - 520 pages
...grave where a Briton has laid him. 7. " But half of our heavy task was done, When the clock struck the hour for retiring ; 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 gory... | |
 | John White (A.M.) - 1826 - 340 pages
...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 the hour for retiring, Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his... | |
 | Charles Wolfe, John Abraham Russell - Sermons, English - 1827 - 500 pages
...grave where a Briton has laid him. VII. But half of our heavy task was done, When the clock struck the hour for retiring ; 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 and gory... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1828 - 452 pages
...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, That the foe was suddenly firing — 8 Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory ! We carved not... | |
 | Charles Wolfe - Sermons, English - 1828 - 312 pages
...grave where a Briton has laid him. VII. But half of our heavy task was done, - When the clock struck the hour for retiring ; And 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 ; We carved not... | |
 | John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - English poetry - 1828 - 600 pages
...In the grave where a Briton has laid him. But half of our heavy task was done, 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 ; We... | |
 | Constable and co, ltd - 1828 - 650 pages
...In the grave where a Briton has laid him. But half of our heavy task was done, 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 ; We... | |
 | Europe - 1828 - 316 pages
...In the grave where a Briton has laid him. But half of our heavy task was done, 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 6eld of his fame, fresh and gory ; We... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - Children's poetry - 1828 - 408 pages
...our heavy task was done, When the clock told the houi of retiring ; But hi ^ When 1 And vre heard by the distant and random gun. That the foe was suddenly firing. Slowly and sad we laid him down From the field of his fame fresh and gory, We carved not a line, we raised not... | |
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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. But half of our heavy task was done When the clock struck the hour for retiring... 
