 | Edmund Henry Barker - Anecdotes - 1852 - 342 pages
...the distant and random gun That the foe was sullenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, Trom the field of his fame fresh and gory ; We carved not...stone, But we left him alone with his glory ! The author of this beautiful and deservedly celebrated poem was the Rev. Charles Wolfe : it was for a long... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1853 - 800 pages
...ashen upbraid him — But little he'll reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Jiriton has laid him. But half of our heavy task was done...a stone — But we left him alone with his glory.' SONG. TO MARY." If I had thought thou couldst have died, I might not weep for thee ; Bnt I forgot,... | |
 | Elocution - 1854 - 576 pages
...Lightly they '11 talk of the spirit that 's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him ; Bat little he 'ii reck, if they let him sleep on, In the grave where...of his fame, fresh and gory ! We carved not a line, we raised not a stone, But we left him — alone with his glory ! 10. THE RATTLE OF HOHENUNDEN, 1800.... | |
 | George Croly - English poetry - 1854 - 426 pages
...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...him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory ; STANZAS. If I had thought thou couldst have died, I might not weep for thee ; But I forgot when by... | |
 | American poetry - 1854 - 456 pages
...clock told 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 the...line, and we raised not a stone, But we left him alone in his glory. THE TRAVELLER'S RETURN. — Southey. SWEET to the morning traveller The song amid the... | |
 | John Frost - Elocution - 1855 - 462 pages
...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...not a stone — But we left him alone with his glory ! WOLIE. 74. BATTLE HYMN. Now glory to the Lord of Hosts, from whom all glories are ! And glory to... | |
 | John Warner Barber - Belgium - 1855 - 608 pages
...But half of onr heavy task was done. When the clock struck the hour for retiring ; And we heard by the distant and random gun That the foe was sullenly...raised not a stone — But we left him alone with bis glory I JAMES GRAHAME. JAMES GRAHAME, the author of the " Sabbath," was born in Glasgow, in 1765.... | |
 | Anna Cabot Lowell - American poetry - 1855 - 452 pages
...clock told 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 the...line, and we raised not a stone, But we left him alone in his glory. THE TRAVELLER'S RETURN. — Southey. SwEET to the morning traveller The song amid the... | |
 | American poetry - 1855 - 458 pages
...clock told 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 the...line, and we raised not a stone, But we left him alone in his glory. THE TRAVELLER'S RETURN. — Southey. SWEET to the morning traveller The song amid the... | |
 | Collection - 1856 - 120 pages
...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...stone — But we left him alone with his glory ! The Dying Christian to his Soul. Vital spark of henvcnly flame ! Unit, oh quit (his mortal frame ! Trewhling,... | |
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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,... 
