| John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| NUMBER: | 5836 |
| AUTHOR: | Charles Wolfe (17911823) |
| QUOTATION: | Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory; We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | The Burial of Sir John Moore. |
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