| Edmund Burke - History - 1819 - 822 pages
...dead, And 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... | |
| H. Biglow, Orville Luther Holley - American literature - 1817 - 502 pages
...the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of 'sorrow, But we steadfastly gazed on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought,...pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'«r his head, And we far away on the billow. Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And... | |
| English literature - 1817 - 694 pages
...stedfastly gazed on the face of the dead. And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we billowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow,...the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, 1 And we far away on the billow. Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that Ч gone, And o'er liis cold... | |
| Edmund Burke - History - 1818 - 1264 pages
...dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. t We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smooth1 d down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er hi* head, And we far away on the billow. Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his... | |
| British melodies - 1820 - 280 pages
...dead, And we bitterly thought on the morrow. We thought^ as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smuoth'd down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread e'er his head, And we far away on the billow. Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's goirc, And... | |
| English essays - 1825 - 724 pages
...we wound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest— With iii'. martial cloak around htm. " Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke...smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stronger would tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow. "Lightly they'll talk of the spirit... | |
| Early English newspapers - 1825 - 710 pages
...prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we steadfastly gazed on the face that wtu dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. " We...pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread u'er his head, And we far away on the billow. "Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And... | |
| Alaric Alexander Watts - English poetry - 1828 - 422 pages
...the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow, But we steadfastly gazed on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought,...the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, Aud we far away on the billow. Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes... | |
| John Pierpont - Children's literature - 1828 - 320 pages
...of sorrow; But we steadfastly gazed on the face of the dead, Few and short were the prayers we said, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought,...And smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe would be rioting over his head, And we far away on the billow. Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's... | |
| Eliza Robbins - Children's poetry - 1828 - 408 pages
...deaJ , And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought as we heaped his narrow bed, And smooth'd down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er And we far away on the billow. Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone> And o'er his cold ashes... | |
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