 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1838 - 336 Seiten
...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 and the stranger...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
...sorrow ; But we steadfastly gazed on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the 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... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1838 - 316 Seiten
...sorrow; But we steadfastly gazed on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the marrow — 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... | |
 | Priscilla Maden Watts - 1839 - 286 Seiten
...gazed on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought on the morrow. 58 BURIAL OP SIR JOHN MOORE. We thought, as 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1839 - 316 Seiten
...sorrow; But we steadfastly gazed on the face of the dead And we bitterly thought of the morrow — 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... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1879 - 372 Seiten
...pillow, That 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 asjhes upbraid him ; But little he'll reck, if they'll let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton... | |
 | James Chapman - 378 Seiten
...said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow, But we steadfastly looked on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought as we hollowed...pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o1er his head, And we far away on the billow. Lightly they1ll talk of the spirit that1s gone, And o1er... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - 1985 - 1106 Seiten
...are revealed by tearing away the skin, showed he had been scalped, though still living. Chapter XXI "Lightly they'll talk of the spirit 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." Charles... | |
 | Benedict Richard O'Gorman Anderson - 1991 - 244 Seiten
...we wound him; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him . . . 5. We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed...tread o'er his head And we far away on the billow . . . 8. Slowly and sadly we laid him down. From the field of his fame fresh and gory; We carved not... | |
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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 we bitterly thought of the morrow. 
