 | Edmund Burke - History - 1819 - 822 pages
...we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed, Anil smooth'd down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his ha And we far away on the billow. Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone. And o'er his cold... | |
 | Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1817 - 560 pages
...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 would...him, But nothing he'll reck if they let him sleep on But half of our heavy task was done, When the clock to1 I'd the hour for retiring, And we heard... | |
 | Parodies - 1813 - 410 pages
...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 would...cold ashes upbraid him; But nothing he'll reck, if they'll let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him. But half of our heavy task was done,... | |
 | H. Biglow, Orville Luther Holley - American literature - 1817 - 502 pages
...his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'Ğr his head, And we far away on the billow. Lightly they'll...him, But nothing he'll reck if they let him sleep on lu the grave where a Britoa has laid him. But half of our heavy tjsk was done, When the clock toll'd... | |
 | 1817 - 646 pages
...And ^rnooth'4 down hi* lowly pillow, Thnt the foe And the stranger would tread , on his in-..' ' . And we far away on the billow. Lightly they'll talk...him. But nothing he'll reck, if they let him sleep on, In the grave where a Briton has laid him. But half our heavy task was done. When the clock toll'd... | |
 | John Evans - 1817 - 610 pages
...the morrow! UPNOft CASTLK. • 439 We thought, as WR hollowed his narrow bed And smooth'd down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would...they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold.ashes upbraid him ; But nothing he'Jl reck, if they'll let him sleep on, In the grave where a... | |
 | H. Biglow, Orville Luther Holley - American literature - 1817 - 492 pages
...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 would...billow. Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, Ar.il o'er his cold ashes upbraid him, But nothing he'll reck if they let him sleep on In the grave... | |
 | 1817 - 708 pages
...we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we hallowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would...tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow. Yet, Lina ! hadst thou marked, when there The lowly weed enrobed the Fair, What nameless charms—... | |
 | England - 1853 - 816 pages
...canonisation : if there U to be worship, it must be immediate. A century destroys it ; but enmity survives. "Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him, But little he'll rock, if they let him Bleep on," dec. We commenced with the intention of reviewing Mr... | |
 | 1818 - 506 pages
...his narrow bed, \ği smonth'd down his lowly pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread on hi* head, And we far away on the billow. Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, Ann o'er his cold ashes apluaid him. But nothing he'll rerk,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. 
