 | Alaric Alexander Watts - English poetry - 1828 - 422 pages
...of sorrow, But we steadfastly gazed on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed...the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, Aud we far away on the billow. Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes... | |
 | John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - English poetry - 1828 - 600 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...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... | |
 | William Brittainham Lacey - Elocution - 1828 - 308 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...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 reek,... | |
 | Charles Wolfe - Sermons, English - 1828 - 312 pages
...dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. V. We thought, as we hollow'd his narrow bed, And smooth'd down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger...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... | |
 | Constable and co, ltd - 1828 - 650 pages
...dead, And wa bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we hallow'd his narrow bed, And smooth'd down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger...tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow ! on the shore. On the 17th January, the French remarking this, puslu-d on their light troops to the... | |
 | Europe - 1828 - 316 pages
...dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we hallow'd his narrow bed, And smooth'd down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger...tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow! on the shore. On the 17th January, the French remarking this, pushed on their light troops to the heights... | |
 | Theology - 1829 - 434 pages
...sorrow ; But we steadfastly gazed on the face that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. ' We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed...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 '11... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 pages
...sorrow ; But we steadfastly gazed on the face that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed...the billow ! Lightly they '11 tal-k of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him, — But little he 'll reck, if they let him sleep... | |
 | James Kennedy - Poets, English - 1830 - 506 pages
...in sorrow ; But we steadfastly gazed on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed...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 reck,... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - American literature - 1830 - 334 pages
...morrow — 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,...the billow ! ' Lightly they '11 talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him ; But nothing he '11 reck, if they let him sleep on... | |
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But he lay like a warrior taking his rest With his martial cloak around him. Few and short were the prayers... 
