 Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's 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 heavy task was done When the clock struck the hour for retiring;...  Wordsworth to Dobell - Pagina 324geredigeerd door - 1884Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 1813 - 410 pagina’s
...In the grave where a Briton has laid him. But half of our heavy task was done, When the clock told the hour for retiring; And we heard the distant and...him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory; We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone, But we left him alone in his glory. THE MARRIAGE OF... | |
 | 1825 - 600 pagina’s
...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...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 distant and random... | |
 | 1825 - 508 pagina’s
...would tread o'er his head, And 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...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 distant and random... | |
 | 1825 - 710 pagina’s
...would tread u'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...grave, where a Briton has laid him. " But half of our heavy task was done, When the clock struck the hour for returning ; And we heard the distant and random... | |
 | 1827 - 854 pagina’s
...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...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 distant and random... | |
 | Constable and co, ltd - 1828 - 650 pagina’s
...pestilential typl'"8 fever which we had acquired, partly from coming Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him, — But...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 distant and random... | |
 | 1828 - 316 pagina’s
...pestilential typhus fever which we had acquired, partly from coming Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him, — But...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 distant and random... | |
 | John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - 1828 - 600 pagina’s
...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...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 distant and random... | |
 | 1829 - 434 pagina’s
...'11 reck, if they let him 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...him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory ; We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone — But we left him alone with his glory!' pp. 28-31.... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 pagina’s
...'ll reck, if they let him 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...him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory ; We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone — But we left him alone with his glory ! VERSES.... | |
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