| Great Britain. Adjutant-General's Office, Richard Cannon - 1847 - 180 Seiten
...dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow ! We thought, as we hollow'd his narrow bed, And smooth M down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger...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 heavy task... | |
| 1847 - 906 Seiten
...dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we heap'd his narrow bed, And smooth'd down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger...that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him : But nothing he'll reck if they'll let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him. But half our... | |
| Book - 1847 - 206 Seiten
...bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we hollo w'd his narrow bed, And smooth'd down his lowly pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread...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 heavy task... | |
| Book - 1847 - 216 Seiten
...bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we hollo w'd his narrow bed, And smooth' d down his lowly pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread...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 heavy task... | |
| Richard Cannon - 1848 - 174 Seiten
...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...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 heavy task... | |
| Thomas King Greenbank - 1849 - 446 Seiten
...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...that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him, But nothing he'll reck, if they'll let him sleep on, In the grave where a Briton has laid him. But half... | |
| William Cooke Taylor - 1849 - 420 Seiten
...on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. * One of the surgeons in attendance. We thought as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed...tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow ! Lightiy they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him — But little... | |
| Daniel Scrymgeour - 1850 - 596 Seiten
...the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet nor in shroud we bound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With...stranger would tread o'er his head, And we far away ou the billow ! Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him,... | |
| George Croly - 1850 - 442 Seiten
...the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow : But we stedfastly gazed on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought...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 heavy task... | |
| Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 Seiten
...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...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 heavy task... | |
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