| 1825 - 600 pages
...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...retiring ; And we heard the distant and random gun That the foe was sullenly firing. « Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame... | |
| 1825 - 724 pages
...bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stronger would tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow. "Lightly they'll talk...task was done, When the clock struck the hour for returning ; And we heard the distant and random gun, That the foe waa sullenly firing. " Slowly and... | |
| 1825 - 508 pages
...stranger would tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow ! ' Lightly they'll talk of I he spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid...retiring ; And we heard the distant and random gun That the foe was sullenly firing. ' Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh... | |
| 1825 - 726 pages
...head, And we fer away on the billow. "Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er hit cold ashes upbraid him— But little he'll reck, if...task was done, When the clock struck the hour for returning ; And we heard the distant and random gun, That the foe was sullenly firing. " Slowly and... | |
| 1826 - 520 pages
...pillow, That 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...sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him. 7. " But half of our heavy task was done, When the clock struck the hour for retiring ; And we heard... | |
| 1826 - 494 pages
...pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we far away on the hillow ! 6. " Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And...sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him. 7. " But half of our heavy task was done, When the clock struck the hour for retiring ; And we heard... | |
| 1827 - 854 pages
...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...retiring ; And we heard the distant and random gun That the foe was suddenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh... | |
| John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - 1828 - 600 pages
...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...retiring ; And we heard the distant and random gun That the foe was sullenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh... | |
| Constable and co, ltd - 1828 - 650 pages
...England, many fell victims to a pestilential typl'"8 fever which we had acquired, partly from coming Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And...retiring ; And we heard the distant and random gun That the foe was sullenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame, fresh... | |
| 1828 - 316 pages
...England, many fell victims to a pestilential typhus fever which we had acquired, partly from coming Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And...retiring ; And we heard the distant and random gun That the foe was sullenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the 6eld of his fame, fresh... | |
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