 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. We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the...  The School World - Page 1911901Full view - About this book
 | Lyre - English poetry - 1841 - 366 pages
...steadfastly gazed on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow,...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 nothing he'll... | |
 | Lyre - English poetry - 1841 - 374 pages
...steadfastly gazed on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow,...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 nothing he'll... | |
 | Cam river - 1841 - 318 pages
...stedfastly gazed on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow,...tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow ! ARUNDINES CAMI. VEXATA QU^ESTIO. Si Terra e pistis constaret inhospita pomis, Si foret Oceanus vasti... | |
 | Book - 1841 - 164 pages
...thought of 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 far away on the billow ! Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that 's gone. And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him ; But half of... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - Readers - 1849 - 316 pages
...gazed on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. 4. We thought as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow,...tread o'er his head, And we, far away on the billow. 5. Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him ; But nothing... | |
 | Old Humphrey - Sailors - 1842 - 366 pages
...stedfastly gazed on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. ' We thought as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow...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... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - American poetry - 1842 - 352 pages
...steadfastly gazed on the face that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow,...the stranger would tread o'er his head And we far awav on the billow. Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid... | |
 | American poetry - 1842 - 480 pages
...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...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 nothing... | |
 | Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1825 - 622 pages
...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...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 hirr^, — But... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1842 - 440 pages
...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 o'er his head, Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him ; — But little... | |
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