Hidden fields
Books Books

The life of lieutenant-general sir John Moore, Volume 2

James Carrick Moore - 1834 - 434 pages
...morrow. V. 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 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...
Full view - About this book

The Poetry of Life, Volumes 1-2

Sarah Stickney Ellis - 1835 - 742 pages
...the wave. "We thought as we hollowed 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." We thought as we hollowed his little bed, And dug out his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger...
Full view - About this book

The North American Reader: Containing a Great Variety of Pieces in Prose and ...

Lyman Cobb - 1835 - 528 pages
...around him. 3. We thought as we heaped the 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, But nothing he'll...
Full view - About this book

The Rhetorical Reader: Consisting of Instructions for Regulating the Voice ...

Ebenezer Porter - 1835 - 320 pages
...morrow— 5 We thought—as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow— How the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we. far away on the billow! 6 " Lightly they '11 talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him; But nothing...
Full view - About this book

The National Reader: A Selection of Exercises in Reading and Speaking ...

John Pierpont - 1835 - 292 pages
...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 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. And we heard,...
Full view - About this book

The Poetry of Life, Volume 1

Sarah Stickney Ellis - 1835 - 358 pages
...wave. "We thought as we hollowed his narrow bed, " And stnooth'd down his lonely pillow, "That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, " And we far away on the billow." We thought as we hollowed his little bed, And dug out his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger...
Full view - About this book

The National Preceptor

Jesse Olney - 1836 - 350 pages
...morrow— 5. We thought—as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillosv— 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 o'er his cold ashes upbraid him; But nothing...
Full view - About this book

Remains of the Late Rev. Charles Wolfe ...: With a Brief Memoir of His Life

Charles Wolfe - 1836 - 396 pages
...the morrow. We thought, as we hollow'd his narrow bed, And smooth VI down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow ! VI. Lightly they '11 talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him,— But...
Full view - About this book

The American Manual: Or, New English Reader, Consisting of Exercises in ...

Moses Severance - 1836 - 312 pages
...morrow. 5. We thought, »» we hollowed his narrow bed, And smooth'd down his lowly pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we, far away o'er the billow. 6. Lightly they'll speak of the spirit that's gon«, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid...
Full view - About this book

The poetic reciter; or, Beauties of the British poets: adapted for reading ...

Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 pages
...would tread o'er his head, We thought, as we hollowed his harrow bed, 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 little he'll reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him. But half of our heavy...
Full view - About this book




  1. My library
  2. Help
  3. Advanced Book Search
  4. Download EPUB
  5. Download PDF