 | Charles Wolfe, John Abraham Russell - 1842 - 410 pages
...And the lanthorn 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,...tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow ! VL Lightly they '11 talk of the spirit that 's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him, — But... | |
 | 1842 - 504 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,...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... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1842 - 440 pages
...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 bitterly thought...the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him ; — But little... | |
 | Old Humphrey - 1842 - 366 pages
...dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. ' We thought as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow ; That the foe and the stranger...on the billow. ' Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him, But little he '11 reck, if they let him sleep on... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1849 - 316 pages
...dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. 4. We thought as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger...tread o'er his head, And we, far away on the billow. 5. Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him ; But nothing... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1879 - 372 pages
...And we bitterly thought of the morrow. 5. We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed, . And smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger...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 asjhes upbraid him ; But little... | |
 | James Chapman - 378 pages
...dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o1er his head, And we far away on the billow. Lightly they1ll talk of the spirit that1s gone, And o1er... | |
 | Benedict Richard O'Gorman Anderson - 1991 - 244 pages
...With his martial cloak around him . . . 5. We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger...tread o'er his head And we far away on the billow . . . 8. Slowly and sadly we laid him down. From the field of his fame fresh and gory; We carved not... | |
 | Martin Gardner - 1995 - 212 pages
...dead, And we hitterly thought of the morrow. We thought as we hollow'd his narrow hed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger...would tread o'er his head, And we far away on the hillow! But little he'll reck if they let him sleep on, In the grave where a Briton has laid him. But... | |
 | William Butler Yeats - 2000 - 324 pages
...dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought as we hollow'd his narrow bed. And smooth' d down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger...on the billow ! Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone. And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him,-^ But half of our heavy task was done, When the clock... | |
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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! 
