| John Sydney Taylor - 1843 - 568 pages
...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 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... | |
| Lawrence Drake - 1843 - 422 pages
...morrow. " 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,— But little... | |
| Archibald Alison - 1843 - 1154 pages
...morrow. VOL. VI. We thought, as we hollow'd 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. But half of our heavy task was done, 'When the clock struck the hour for retiring i And we heard the... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1844 - 772 pages
...lonely pillow, That the foe and the étranger would trend 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 little he'll reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him. But half of our heavy... | |
| English poetry - 1844 - 108 pages
...the morrow. 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 '11 talk of the spirit that '3 gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him; But little... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...LITERATURE. We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down hie 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 little... | |
| Samuel Maunder - 1844 - 544 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. But half of... | |
| Sarah Stickney Ellis - 1844 - 518 pages
...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... | |
| 1844 - 402 pages
...the morrow. We thought as we hollow'd 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, But little he'll... | |
| Quaver - 1844 - 552 pages
...SOXGS. 377 Vi'e thought as we heap'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 awaj on the billow. Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, 'And o'er his cold ashes upbraid... | |
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