 | Renfrew county - 1821 - 542 Seiten
...Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow, But we stedfastly gaz'd on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. Commemorates, are sublects too well known to require from us any circumstantial detail. They stand... | |
 | 1822 - 418 Seiten
...Few— and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we stedfastly gaz'd 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 bis lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread... | |
 | Thomas Medwin - 1824 - 372 Seiten
..." Few and short were 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, as we heap'd his narrow bed, " And smooth 'd down his lonely pillow, " That the foe and the stranger would... | |
 | 1825 - 508 Seiten
...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. ' We...far away on the billow ! ' Lightly they'll talk of I he spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him, But little he'll reck, if they let him... | |
 | 1825 - 710 Seiten
...prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we steadfastly gazed on the face that wtu dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. " We...pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread u'er his head, And we far away on the billow. "Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And... | |
 | 1825 - 724 Seiten
...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. " We...smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stronger would tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow. "Lightly they'll talk of the spirit... | |
 | 1825 - 424 Seiten
...dead, And we bitterly thought on the morrow. We thought, as we hollow'd his narrow bed, And smooth 'd down his lonely pillow. That the foe and the stranger...tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow '" f A patent has' been " obtained by a clergyman of Scotland, for a simple and ingenious invention... | |
 | John Arliss - 1825 - 382 Seiten
...And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we stedfastly gazed on the face of Ihe dead ; And we hitterly thought of the morrow. We thought as we hollowed his narrow bed And smoothed down his lonely pillow, [head, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his And we — far away on the hillow. Lightly... | |
 | Thomas Medwin - 1825 - 606 Seiten
...him. Few and short were 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 , as we heap'd his narrow bed, And smooth 'd down his lonely pilaw , that the foe and the stranger would tread... | |
 | Thomas Medwin - 1825 - 578 Seiten
...the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow : But we stedfastly 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 the foe and the stranger would tread... | |
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Not in sheet nor in shroud we wound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest With his martial cloak around him. 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... 
