 | Peninsular War, 1807-1814 - 1831 - 318 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - Elocution - 1831 - 356 pages
...'ll talk of the spirit that 's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him; But nothing he 'll reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton...But half of our heavy task was done, When the clock tolled the hour for retiring, And we heard, by the distant random gun, That the foe was suddenly firing... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - Elocution - 1831 - 356 pages
...'ll talk of the spirit that 's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him; But nothing 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, And we heard, by the distant random gun, ThaMhe foe was suddenly firing— When the clock tolled the... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, [him; And o'er his cold ashes upbraid But little he'll reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton...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... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1832 - 310 pages
...they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him- ; But nothing he'll reck, if they let him sleep on, In the grave where a Briton...But half of our heavy task, was done, When the clock tolled the hour for retiring f And we heard, by the distant random gun, That the foe was suddenly firing.... | |
 | James Campbell (teacher of English.) - 1832 - 274 pages
...they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him,— But nothing 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, And we heard by the distant and random gun That the foe was suddenly firing. When the clock toll'd... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1832 - 428 pages
...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. A But half of our heavy task was clone, When the clock struck the hour for retiring ; And we heard... | |
 | Samuel BLACKBURN - 1833 - 254 pages
...they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him : But nothing he'll reck, if they let him sleep on, In the grave where a Briton...But half of our heavy task was done, When the clock toll'd the hour for retiring : And we heard by the distant random gun, That the foe was suddenly firing.... | |
 | James Hedderwick - Oratory - 1833 - 232 pages
...they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him; But nothing he'll reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton...half of our heavy task was done, . When the clock toll'd the hour for retiring, And we heard by the distant and random gun, That the foe was suddenly... | |
 | James Carrick Moore - 1833 - 434 pages
...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. VII. But half of our heavy task was done, When the clock struck the hour for retiring ; Aud we heard... | |
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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. 
