| Lyre - 1841 - 366 pągines
...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,...not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory. V THE WAR OF THE LEAGUE. A / . BY THOMAS MACAULEY. Now glory to the Lord of Hosts, from whom all glories... | |
| Cam river - 1841 - 318 pągines
...where a Briton has laid him. But half of our dreary task was done, When the clock told the hour of retiring; And we heard the distant and random gun,...of his fame fresh and gory ; We carved not a line, we raised not a stone, But we left him alone in his glory. WOLFE. HEY MY CHICKEN. HEY my chicken, my... | |
| Old Humphrey - 1842 - 366 pągines
...upbraid him, But little he '11 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...not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory.' " " They are beautifiil lines indeed." " Lord Paget, now Marquess of Anglesey, must ever rank as one... | |
| Eliza Robbins - 1842 - 352 pągines
...retiring ; And we heard 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...line, and we raised not a stone, But we left him alone wilh his glory. COWPER. Born 1731— Died 1800. The Biographers of Cowper are fond of tracing his origin... | |
| English poetry - 1844 - 108 pągines
...upbraid him ; But little he '11 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...not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory ! WOLFE. THE ROSE. THE rose had been washed, just washed in a shower, Which Mary to Anna conveyed ;... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 pągines
...retiring ; And we heard the distant and random gun That the foe was sullenly firing. Slowly and sailly bis glory! The passage in the Edinburgh Annual Register (1808) on which Wolfe founded his ode is as... | |
| John Frost - 1845 - 458 pągines
...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...not a stone — But we left him alone with his glory ! WOLFE. 74. BATTLE HYMN. Now glory to the Lord of Hosts, from whom all glories are ! And glory to... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 pągines
...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...carved not a line, and we raised not a stone,— But lull him alone with his glory. OH, MY LOVE HAS AN EYE OF THE SOFTEST BLUE. OR, my love has an eye of... | |
| William Draper Swan - 1845 - 482 pągines
...clock struck the hour for retiring; And we heard the distant and random gun Of the enemy, suddenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the...not a stone; But we left him alone with his glory. LESSON CXXXII. Extract from a Speech on the British Treaty. FISHER AMES. IT is painful, I hope it is... | |
| Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pągines
...struck the hour for retiring ; And we heard the distant and random gun Of the enemy sullenly firing.1 Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field...not a stone — But we left him alone with his glory t Wolfe. CHESS.8 SEE, ready for the mimic combat, placed A polished board with different colours graced... | |
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