 | English poetry - 1840 - 378 pages
...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 cold ashes upbraid him ; But little he'll reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a-Britop has. laid him. But half of... | |
 | Lyre - English poetry - 1841 - 366 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 him. 58 BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE. But half of our heavy task was... | |
 | Lyre - English poetry - 1841 - 374 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 him. 58 BUIUALJJF SIR JOHN MOORE. But half of our heavy task was... | |
 | Cam river - 1841 - 318 pages
...suprema, torum ; Glebam insultabunt hostes, reputamus, in illam, Dum sequimur reduci nos freta longa via. 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'll let him sleep on, In the grave where a Briton has laid him. But half... | |
 | Book - 1841 - 164 pages
...hollow'd his narrow bed, And smooth' d down his lowly pillow, 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 ; But half of our heavy task was done, When the clock... | |
 | American poetry - 1842 - 480 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 nothing he 'll reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him. But half of our heavy... | |
 | Old Humphrey - Sailors - 1842 - 366 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...that's 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... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - American poetry - 1842 - 352 pages
...smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head And we far awav on the billow. 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 Brilon has laid him. But half of our... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - Readers - 1849 - 316 pages
...pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we, far away on the billow. 5. Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And...o'er his cold ashes upbraid him ; But nothing he'll reek, if they let him sleep on, In the grave where his comrades have laid him. 6. No useless coffin... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1842 - 440 pages
...bed, And smooth'd down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, 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. But half of our... | |
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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... 
