 | 1825 - 424 pagina’s
...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 would...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 pagina’s
...pillow, [head, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his And we — far away on the hillow. 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 laid him. But half of our... | |
 | 1825 - 726 pagina’s
...the morrow. " We thought, w we hollowed his barrow bed, And smoothed down hit lonely pillow, I hat the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we fer away on the billow. "Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er hit cold ashes upbraid... | |
 | George Gordon Noël Byron - 1826 - 804 pagina’s
...bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we heap'd his narrow bed. And ciiiniitli'il down his iumphal show? None ; but the moral's truth tells simpler...gain'd by thee, Thou first and last of fields! kin on In the grave where a Briton has laid him. But half of our heavy task was done, When the clock told... | |
 | 1826 - 494 pagina’s
...hitterly thought of the morrow. 5. " 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, And we far away on the hillow ! 6. " Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him,... | |
 | John White (A.M.) - 1826 - 340 pagina’s
...lonely pillow— Haw the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his And we far away on the billow! fhead, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him ; But nothing he'll reck, if they let him sleep on " Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, In the grave where a Briton has laid him." ' But... | |
 | 1826 - 520 pagina’s
...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 ashes upbraid him, — But little he'll reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him. 7. " But half... | |
 | 1826 - 696 pagina’s
...head, And we far away on the billow. Lightly ihcy'll speak of the spirit that'« gone, And o'er hi* cold ashes upbraid him : But nothing he'll reck if they let him sleep on In a grave where a Union has laid him. But half of our heavy ta*k was done When the clock lold the... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1826 - 852 pagina’s
...hit narrow IK And emooth'd down his lonely pillow. That the foe and the stranger would trd o'er hit head And we far away on the billow! Lightly they'll talk of the epiritthaf- ps-, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him; But nothing he'll reck, if they Irt kii sleep... | |
 | 1827 - 554 pagina’s
...And we bitterly thought of the morrow. Wethoughtaswe hollowM his narrow bed, And smooth'd down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would...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 duty was yet done, When the clock toll'd... | |
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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. 
