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 task was done When the clock struck the hour for retiring;... The Port Folio - Page 2591817Full view - About this book
| Edmund Burke - 1819 - 822 pages
...narrow bed, Anil smooth'd down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his ha And we far away on the billow. Lightly they'll talk...that's gone. And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him, Bui nothing he'll reck if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has luid him. But half... | |
| 1813 - 410 pages
...martial cloak around him. Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow; i But we steadfastly gazed on the face of the dead,...cold ashes upbraid him; But nothing he'll reck, if they'll let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him. But half of our heavy task was done,... | |
| H. Biglow, Orville Luther Holley - 1817 - 502 pages
...his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'«r his head, And we far away on the billow. Lightly they'll...him, But nothing he'll reck if they let him sleep on lu the grave where a Britoa has laid him. But half of our heavy tjsk was done, When the clock toll'd... | |
| 1817 - 646 pages
...And ^rnooth'4 down hi* lowly pillow, Thnt the foe And the stranger would tread , on his in-..' ' . And we far away on the billow. Lightly they'll talk...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 toll'd the... | |
| 1817 - 708 pages
...in the stiH night waters them with dew, one day of Spring was sleeping in the shade of a Rose-bush. Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And...him, But nothing he'll reck, if they let him sleep And when he awoke, with friendly look on he said • " Loveliest of my children ! I In the grave where... | |
| 1853 - 816 pages
...canonisation : if there U to be worship, it must be immediate. A century destroys it ; but enmity survives. "Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him, But little he'll rock, if they let him Bleep on," dec. We commenced with the intention of reviewing Mr... | |
| H. Biglow, Orville Luther Holley - 1817 - 492 pages
...o'er his head, And we far away on the billow. Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, Ar.il 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 task was done, When the clock tolf'd... | |
| 1817 - 694 pages
...far away on the billow. Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that Ч gone, And o'er liis cold ¡Lshes upbraid him, But nothing he'll reck, if they let him sleep on In the'gravc where a Briton has laid him. But half of our heavy task was done, When the clock tolled... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1818 - 1264 pages
...narrow bed, And smooth1 d down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er hi* head, And we far away on the billow. Lightly they'll...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 task was done, • When the clock toll'd... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1818 - 798 pages
...lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we far away on tht/billow. Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And...him, But nothing he'll reck if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has hud him. But half of our heavy task was done, When the clock toll'd... | |
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