 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1838 - 316 pages
...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 they '11 talk of the spirit that 's gone-, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him; But nothing... | |
 | Priscilla Maden Watts - 1839 - 286 pages
...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... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1839 - 316 pages
...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 they '11 talk of the spirit that 's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him; But nothing... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - Elocution - 1839 - 362 pages
...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... | |
 | Jerrold Vernon, Grace Horsley Darling - Darling, Grace - 1839 - 514 pages
...ill-supported expedition, the major gave the meed of admiration, with a sigh to his memory and untimely fate. "Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid bun ; But nothing he'll reck if they'll let him sleep on, In the grave where a Briton has laid him."... | |
 | English poetry - 1840 - 378 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 And we far away on the billow ! [head, Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his... | |
 | Cam river - 1841 - 318 pages
...But we 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...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,...on the billow ! Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that 's gone. And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him ; But half of our heavy task was done, When the clock... | |
 | Old Humphrey - Sailors - 1842 - 366 pages
...we 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...that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him, But little he '11 reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him. ' But half of... | |
 | 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...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 our heavy... | |
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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. 
