 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 carved not a line,...  The Art of Versification - Página 248por Joseph Berg Esenwein, Mary Eleanor Roberts - 1913 - 311 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | 1813 - 410 páginas
...upbraid him; But little he'll reck if we let him live on, In the house where his wife conveyed him. But our heavy task at length was done, When the clock...struggled, and we were human; We shed not a tear, arid we spoke not our woe, But we left him alone with his woman. i I THE VIOLET SPEAKER 149 LORD ULLEN'S... | |
 | 1825 - 508 páginas
...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 ; And we heard the distant and random gun That the foe was sullenly firing. ' Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From... | |
 | 1825 - 600 páginas
...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 ; And we heard the distant and random gun That the foe was sullenly firing. « Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From... | |
 | 1826 - 520 páginas
...if they let him sleep on In the 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... | |
 | 1826 - 494 páginas
...if they let him sleep on In the 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... | |
 | 1827 - 854 páginas
...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 ; And we heard the distant and random gun That the foe was suddenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the... | |
 | Charles Wolfe, John Abraham Russell - 1827 - 500 páginas
...if they let him sleep on In the 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... | |
 | 1828 - 316 páginas
...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 ; And we heard the distant and random gun That the foe was sullenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the... | |
 | John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - 1828 - 600 páginas
...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 ; And we heard the distant and random gun That the foe was sullenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the... | |
 | Constable and co, ltd - 1828 - 650 páginas
...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 ; And we heard the distant and random gun That the foe was sullenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the... | |
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