| Moses Severance - 1841 - 312 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 smootb'd down his lowly pillow,... | |
| Samuel Carter Hall - 1842 - 440 sider
...bed, And smooth'd down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And...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... | |
| George Mogridge - 1842 - 370 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...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... | |
| 1842 - 480 sider
...morrow. 1 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 head, And we...that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him; But nothing he 11 reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him. But half of... | |
| Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1825 - 622 sider
...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 head, And we...the billow ! ."Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that.s gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid hirr^, — But little he'll reek, if they let him sleep... | |
| 1843 - 662 sider
...passed the glacis of the citadel the body of our Commander had just been committed to mother earth. " 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 a grave where Britons have laid him.". I got on board a horse transport... | |
| Charles Wolfe, John Abraham Russell - 1842 - 410 sider
...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 head, And we far away on the billow ! VL Lightly they '11 talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him,— But little... | |
| Samuel Kirkham - 1842 - 386 sider
...stranger would tread o'er his head', And we'... fer away o'er the billow 1 . Lightly they'll speak of the spirit that's gone', And o'er his cold ashes'.. upbraid him 1 ; But little he '11 reck', if they let him sleep on' In the grave where his comrades» have laid... | |
| Lawrence Drake - 1843 - 422 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...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... | |
| John Sydney Taylor - 1843 - 568 sider
...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 head, And we...that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him ; But nothing he'll reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him. But half of... | |
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