 ... beside his bier, When not a word was spoken; But every eye was dim with a tear, And the silence by sobs was broken. I have heard the earth on his coffin pour To the muffled drum's deep rolling, While the minute-gun with its solemn roar Drowned the...  Songs and Ballads of Clydesdale - Page 1711882 - 247 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ingram Cobbin - 1820 - 188 pages
...roar, Drown'd the death bell's tolling. The time since he walked in his glory thus, To the grave till 1 saw him carried, Was an age of the mightiest change...from his lofty throne, The foe of our land we have tumhled; And it gladden'd each eye, save his alone, For whom that foe we humbled. A daughter beloved... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1820 - 574 pages
...rolling; While the minute-gun, with its solemn roar, Drown'd the death bell's tolling. ' The time since he walked in his glory thus, To the grave till I saw...carried, Was an age of the mightiest change to us, But to hint a night unvaried. * We have fought the fight: — from his lofty throne, The foe of our land we... | |
 | Horace Smith - 1821 - 260 pages
...While the minute gun with its solemn roar, Drown'd the death-bell's tolling. The time since he walk'd in his glory thus, To the grave till I saw him carried,...throne The foe of our land we have tumbled ; And it gladden'd each eye, save his alone For whom that foe we humbled. A daughter beloved — a Queen —... | |
 | Horace Smith - 1821 - 254 pages
...While the minute gun with its solemn roar, Drown'd the death-bell's tolling. The time since he walk'd in his glory thus, To the grave till I saw him carried, Was an age of the mightiest change to usr But to him a night unvaried. We have fought the fight ; — from his lofty throne The foe of our... | |
 | 1822 - 762 pages
...roar, Drown'd the death-bell's tolling. The time since he walk'd in his glory thus, To the grave till 1 saw him carried, Was an age of the mightiest change...throne The foe of our land we have tumbled, And it gladden'd each eye— save his alone For whom that foe we humbled. A daughter beloved — a Queen —... | |
 | 1822 - 768 pages
...roar, Drown'd the death-bell's tolling. The time since he walk'd in his glory thus, To the grave till 1 saw him carried, Was an age of the mightiest change to us, But to Aim a night unvaried. We have fought the fight — from his lofty throne The foe ot our land we have... | |
 | 1822 - 766 pages
...roar, Drown'd the death-bell's tolling. The time since he walk'd in his glory thus, To the grave till 1 saw him carried, Was an age of the mightiest change to us , But to hitii a night unvaried. We have fought the fight — from his lofty throne The foe of our land we have... | |
 | 1826 - 568 pages
...rolling, While. the minute gun, with its solemn roar, Drown'd the death-bell's tolling. The time since he walked in his glory thus, To the grave till I saw...mightiest change to us ; But to him a night unvaried. Winchester ; whose establishment the editor, however, seems to ha*e confounded with WilKam of Wykehatn's... | |
 | 1826 - 608 pages
...rolling, While the minute gun, with its solemn roar, Drown'. 1 the death-boll's tolling. The time since he walked in his glory thus, To the grave till I saw him carried, Winchester ; whose establishment the editor, however, seems to have confounded with William of Wykeham's... | |
 | Alaric Alexander Watts - 1828 - 498 pages
...rolling ; While the minute gun, with its solemn roar, Drowned the death-bell's tolling. The time since he walked in his glory thus, To the grave till I saw...mightiest change to us, But to him a night unvaried. We had fought the fight ;- from his lofty throne The foe of our land we had tumbled, And it gladdened... | |
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