 | James Carrick Moore - 1834 - 434 pages
...pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow! VI. 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. VII. But half... | |
 | B. Ducos - Great Britain - 1834 - 444 pages
...narrow l>ed , And srnooth'd down his lonely yilluw, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head. And we far away on the billow ! Lightly they'll talk of the sIiirit that's gone, And o'er his eold ashes upbraid him , — But little he'll reek , if they let... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - Elocution - 1834 - 360 pages
...the stranger would tread o'er his head'. And we' ... far away o'er the billow'. Lightly they'll speak 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 his comrades* have laid him'. Not... | |
 | Songs - 1835 - 320 pages
...the 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. Lightly they'll...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 told the hour... | |
 | 1836 - 884 pages
...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. Lightly they'll...But nothing he'll reck If they let him sleep on, In the grave where a Briton has laid hini. ' But half of our heavy task was done. When the clock toll'd... | |
 | Jesse Olney - Readers - 1838 - 346 pages
...pillow — How 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...But nothing he'll reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him." 7. But half of our heavy task was done, When the clock tolled... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1838 - 412 pages
...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 ! Lightly...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. But half of our... | |
 | Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 pages
...his harrow 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 ! " Lightly...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. But half of our... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1838 - 336 pages
...his narrow hed, 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 ! Lightly...of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes uphraid him ; — But little he'll reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid... | |
 | Jerrold Vernon, Grace Horsley Darling - Darling, Grace - 1839 - 514 pages
...ill-supported expedition, the major gave the meed of admiration, with a sigh to his memory and untimely fate. "Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid bun ; But nothing he'll reck if they'll let him sleep on, In the grave where a Briton has laid him."... | |
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We thought, as we hollowed 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 ! Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him... 
