 | Theology - 1829 - 434 pages
...dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. ' We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger...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... | |
 | Lyre - English poetry - 1830 - 396 pages
...dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we hollow'd his narrow bed, And smooth'cl down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger...far away on the billow ! Lightly they'll talk of the spirh that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him ; But nothing he'll reck, if they let him sleep... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 pages
...dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger...head, • And we far away on the billow ! Lightly they '11 tal-k of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him, — But little he 'll... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - American literature - 1830 - 334 pages
...morrow — 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 ! ' Lightly they '11 talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him ; But nothing he '11 reck,... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1830 - 420 pages
...5, We thought— MIS we 'hollowed his narrow bed, And Smoothed down bis lonely pillow — How thefpe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we -far away on the billaw !;.''• • » * * 6 "Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, . And o'er his cold ashes... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1830 - 416 pages
...We thought — as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow — How the/oeand 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 nothing... | |
 | English poetry - 1831 - 272 pages
...dead, And we bitterly thought on the morrow. We thought, as we hollowed his narrow besd,! And smoofh'd down his lonely pillow; That the foe and the stranger...head , And we far away on the billow. Lightly they'll tal^ of J:l\e spjrit lhaj.';3 gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him, But nothing he'it reck, if... | |
 | Peninsular War, 1807-1814 - 1831 - 318 pages
...gazed on the face that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we hallow'd his narrow bed, And smooth-d down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o-er his hwd, And we far away on the billow ! VOL. I. N on the shore. On the 17th January, the French remarking... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1832 - 428 pages
...dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger...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. A But half of... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...dead. And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger...billow! Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, [him; And o'er his cold ashes upbraid But little he'll reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave... | |
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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. 
