 | English poetry - 1866 - 194 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,...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... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, William Smith - English literature - 1869 - 420 pages
...With his martial cloak around him. Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a woi d of sorrow; But we steadfastly gazed on the face that...foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And Tvf. far away on the billow. Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er nis cold ashes... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, William Smith - English literature - 1850 - 492 pages
...lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet or in shroud we wound him; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his...foe and the stranger would tread o'er hi.s head, And \ve far away on the billow. Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er nis cold ashes... | |
 | John Dudley Philbrick - Readers - 1870 - 636 pages
...steadfastly gazed on the face that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as w« hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would treud o'er his head, And we far away on the billow ! Lightly they 'll talk of the spirit that 'a gone,... | |
 | Readers - 1884 - 794 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,...foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And wo far away on the billow ! Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes... | |
 | John Celivergos Zachos - 1873 - 348 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, O * And we far away on ( the billow! Lightly they '11 talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his... | |
 | Patrick O'Shea - 1873 - 524 pages
...dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow 4. We thought, as we hollow'd his narrow bei, And smooth'd down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread j'er Ina head, And we far away on the billow ! Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And... | |
 | Sourindro Mohun Tagore - English poetry - 1875 - 184 pages
...lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet or in shroud we wound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his...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... | |
 | John Dudley Philbrick - Readers - 1875 - 584 pages
...dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed, And >moothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er MB head, And we far away on the billow ! Lightly they 'll talk of the spirit that 's gone, And o'er... | |
 | Questions and answers - 1876 - 414 pages
...taking his rest. With his martial cloak around him. We thought as we heaped his narrow bed. And smooth'd down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread on And we far away on the billow! [his_head, Lightly they'll talk of the spirit thas is gone, And o'er... | |
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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 gazed on the face that was dead, And we... 
