| Medicine - 1805 - 514 pages
...previous night, had encamped on the heights of Bornoo, there remained but that one dead surgeon— " We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory." " Many a true tear of sorrow was shed over his grave," wrote one... | |
| Parodies - 1813 - 410 pages
...told 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...carved not a line, and we raised not a stone, But we left him alone in his glory. THE MARRIAGE OF SIR JOHN SMITH. PHCEBE CAREY. Not a sigh was heard,... | |
| H. Biglow, Orville Luther Holley - American literature - 1817 - 502 pages
...for retiring, And we heard the distant random gun . That tile foe was suddenly firing. Slowly antì sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory ; We carved not a line, we raised not a stone,— But we left him alone with his glory. ART. 11. THESPIAN REGISTER. Friday... | |
| Edmund Burke - History - 1818 - 1264 pages
...heard by the distant and random gun, That the foe was suddenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid hini down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory: We carved not a line, we raised not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory. MR. MR. CAMPBELL'S OD¿.ONiTHWBB¿fIR¿ENT... | |
| James Mudie - Medals - 1820 - 204 pages
...upbraid him ; But nothing he'll reck, if they let him sleep on, In the grave where a Briton has laid him. 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! We cannot better describe... | |
| Renfrew county - 1821 - 542 pages
...energetically the author concludes. With imiire:-- by tho importance cf the moment, whca the earth >xaa Slewly 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 stoneBut we left him alone in his glory. IV. THOU ART NOT FALSE.... | |
| Thomas Medwin - England - 1824 - 508 pages
...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, From the field...carved not a line, and we raised not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory. The feeling with which he recited these admirable stanzas, I shall... | |
| Thomas Medwin - England - 1824 - 496 pages
...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, From the field...carved not a line, and we raised not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory. The feeling with which he recited these admirable stanzas, I shall... | |
| Thomas Medwin - British - 1824 - 314 pages
...for retiring ; " And we heard by the distant and random g»n> <c That the foe was suddenly firing. " Slowly and sadly we laid him down, *' From the field...his fame fresh and gory ; " We carved not a line, we raised not a stone, " But we left him alone, with his glory." The feeling with which he recited... | |
| Thomas Medwin - Poets, English - 1824 - 372 pages
...hour for retiring; " And we heard by the distant and random gun, " That the foe was suddenly firing, " Slowly and sadly we laid him down, " From the field...of his fame fresh and gory; " We carved not a line, we raised not a stone, " But we left him alone with his glory." The feeling with which he recited these... | |
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