 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1838 - 348 Seiten
...gazed on the face that was dead. And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we hollow'd his narrow bed, And smooth'd down his lonely pillow, That...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. But half of our... | |
 | Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 Seiten
...dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we hollowed his harrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger...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. But half of our... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1838 - 336 Seiten
...face that was dead, And we hitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we hollow'd his narrow hed, And smooth'd down his lonely pillow, That the foe...of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes uphraid him ; — But little he'll reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid... | |
 | Jesse Olney - 1838 - 346 Seiten
...morrow — 6. We thought — as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow — How the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head. And we far away on the billow ! 6. " Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him ; But nothing... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1838 - 316 Seiten
...5 We thought — as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow — How the/oe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow ! 6 " Lightly they '11 talk of the spirit that 's gone-, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him; But nothing... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1839 - 316 Seiten
...5 We thought — as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow — How the/6e and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow! 6 " Lightly they '11 talk of the spirit that 's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him; But nothing... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1839 - 362 Seiten
...thought' . . of the morrow'. We thought', as we hollowed his narrow bed', And smoothed down his lowly pillow', That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head', And we' . . . for away o'er the billow'. Lightly they'll speak of the spirit that's gone', And o'er his cold... | |
 | Jerrold Vernon, Grace Horsley Darling - 1839 - 514 Seiten
...ill-supported expedition, the major gave the meed of admiration, with a sigh to his memory and untimely fate. "Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid bun ; But nothing he'll reck if they'll let him sleep on, In the grave where a Briton has laid him."... | |
 | Priscilla Maden Watts - 1839 - 286 Seiten
...we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger wovdd tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow. Lightly they 'll talk of the spirit that 's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him; But nothing he 'll reck... | |
 | 1840 - 368 Seiten
...gazed on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we hollow'd his narrow bed, And smooth'd down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his And we far away on the billow ! [head, Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his... | |
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Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow; But we steadfastly gazed on the face that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. 
