 | Samuel Kirkham - Elocution - 1839 - 362 pages
...thought' . . of the morrow'. We thought', as we hollowed his narrow bed', And smoothed down his lowly pillow', That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head', And we' . . . for away o'er the billow'. Lightly they'll speak of the spirit that's gone', And o'er his cold... | |
 | 1841 - 986 pages
...Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow, But we Btedfastly gazed on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. • * • Slowly and sadly we laid him down From the field of his fame fresh and gory ; We carved not... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1839 - 316 pages
...Few and short were 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 — 5 We thought — as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow — How the/6e... | |
 | English poetry - 1840 - 368 pages
...Few and short were 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, as we hollow'd his narrow bed, And smooth'd down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread... | |
 | English poetry - 1840 - 378 pages
...dead, And we bitterly thought of 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 And we far away on the billow ! [head, Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his... | |
 | Lyre - English poetry - 1841 - 374 pages
...Few and short were 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...billow. Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him ! But nothing he'll reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Juvenile Nonfiction - 1879 - 372 pages
...Few and short were 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. 5. We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed, . And smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe and... | |
 | James Chapman - Elocution - 378 pages
...— and short, were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow, But we steadfastly looked on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of...pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o1er his head, And we far away on the billow. Lightly they1ll talk of the spirit that1s gone, And o1er... | |
 | Benedict Richard O'Gorman Anderson - Political Science - 1991 - 244 pages
...we wound him; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him . . . 5. We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed...tread o'er his head And we far away on the billow . . . 8. Slowly and sadly we laid him down. From the field of his fame fresh and gory; We carved not... | |
 | Martin Gardner - Literary Collections - 1995 - 212 pages
...face that was dead, And we hitterly thought of the morrow. We thought as we hollow'd his narrow hed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe...would tread o'er his head, And we far away on the hillow! But little he'll reck if they let him sleep on, In the grave where a Briton has laid him. But... | |
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No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet nor in shroud we wound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him. Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we steadfastly... 
