 | Parodies - 1813 - 410 pages
...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 he'll reck, if they'll let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him. But half... | |
 | H. Biglow, Orville Luther Holley - American literature - 1817 - 502 pages
...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 he'll reck if they let him sleep on lu the grave where a Britoa has laid him. But half of our... | |
 | 1817 - 708 pages
...head, And we far away on the billow. But nothing he'll reck, if they let him sleep Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him. on In the grave where a Briton has laid him. And we heard bythedistantandrandom gun, That the foe was... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1818 - 1264 pages
...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 he'll reck if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton h¿s laid ¿ilm¿ But half... | |
 | British melodies - 1820 - 280 pages
...siuuotii'd down his lonely pillow, That the foe am! 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 nothing he'll reck if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him. But half of oiir... | |
 | James Mudie - Medals - 1820 - 204 pages
...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 he'll reck, if they let him sleep on, In the grave where a Briton has laid him. Slowly and... | |
 | Renfrew county - 1821 - 542 pages
...TTiat the foe and tlie stranger would tread on 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 notliing he'll reck if they let him sleep on, In the grave where a Briton has laid him. But half our... | |
 | Thomas Medwin - England - 1824 - 496 pages
...would tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow! •...•'• ..-.,., -..-1 •-.:•• ;, 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. In the grave where a Briton has laid him. But half of... | |
 | Thomas Medwin - Poets, English - 1824 - 372 pages
...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's gone, " And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him ; " But nothing he '11 reck, if they let him sleep on " In the grave where a Briton has laid him. " But half... | |
 | Thomas Medwin - British - 1824 - 314 pages
...And smooth'd down his lonely pillow, *' That the foe and the stranger would treafi a'ej KiJ Ufiotl " Lightly they '11 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... | |
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11 talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him ; But little he '11 reck 1 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 • And... 
