 | Priscilla Maden Watts - 1839 - 286 sider
...sorrow; We thought, as we hollowed his narrow hed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow. Lightly they '11 talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him; But nothing he '11 reck... | |
 | Readings - 1839 - 460 sider
...of sorrow: We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow, The foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow! But little he'll reck, if they let him sleep on, In the grave where a Briton has laid him. Lightly... | |
 | 1840 - 378 sider
...would tread o'er his And we far away on the billow I [head, We thought, as we hollow'd his narrow bed, Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And...; But little he'll reck, if they let him sleep on v *t, f But half of our heavy task was done In the grave where a Briton has. laid him. When the clock... | |
 | Moses Severance - 1840 - 314 sider
...But we steadfastly gazed on the face of the dead, And bitterly thought of the morrow. That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we, far away o'er the billow. 5. We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smooth'd down his lowly pillow,... | |
 | Elizabeth Parker (editor.) - 1841 - 354 sider
...the morrow. We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow, The foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we...sleep on, In the grave where a Briton has laid him. But half of our heavy task was done, When the clock struck the hour for retiring: And we heard the... | |
 | Book - 1841 - 164 sider
...the morrow. We thought, as we hollow'd his narrow bed, And smooth'd down his lowly pillow. The foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we...on the billow ! Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that 's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him ; Bat little he'll reck, if they let him sleep on,... | |
 | Henry Drury - 1841 - 294 sider
...soUumque replebit Sulfure Tartareo et piceae caligine nubis, Effundetque novas flammas, inventa tyranni. Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And...cold ashes upbraid him; But little he'll reck, if they'll let him sleep on, In the grave where a Briton has laid him. But half of our dreary task was... | |
 | Cam river - 1841 - 318 sider
...morrow. We thought as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow ! VEXATA QU^ESTIO. Si Terra e pistis constaret inhospita pomis, Si foret Oceanus vasti lacus atramenti,... | |
 | Lyre - 1841 - 366 sider
...morrow. We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow. 58 BURIAL OP SIB JOHN MOORE. But half of our heavy task was done, When the clock told the hour for... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - 1841 - 1014 sider
...the spirit that's gone, Ami o'er his cold ashes upbraid him ; But nothing he'll reck, if they'll 1tt him sleep on, In the grave where a Briton has laid him." DISPUTED. THE reader must imagine the horror that daughters would experience at unexpectedly beholding... | |
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and the stranger would 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 little he'll reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him.... 
