 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 ! Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him...  The American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review - Pagina 286geredigeerd door - 1817Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Thomas Medwin - 1824 - 314 pagina’s
...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..." 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... | |
 | Thomas Medwin - 1824 - 496 pagina’s
...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 of our heavy... | |
 | 1825 - 710 pagina’s
...his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread u'er his head, And we far away on the billow. "Lightly...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... | |
 | 1825 - 600 pagina’s
...his narrow 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...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... | |
 | John Arliss - 1825 - 382 pagina’s
...pillow, [head, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his And we — far away on the hillow. 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 laid him. But half of our... | |
 | Thomas Medwin - 1825 - 606 pagina’s
...his narrow bed, And smooth 'd down his lonely pilaw , that 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.... | |
 | 1825 - 726 pagina’s
...smoothed down hit lonely pillow, I hat the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his 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 they let him sleep on In the grave, where a... | |
 | 1825 - 508 pagina’s
...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 ! ' Lightly they'll talk of I he spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him, But little he'll reck, if they let him... | |
 | George Gordon Noël Byron - 1826 - 804 pagina’s
...narrow bed. And ciiiniitli'il down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er s the ground was before, thus let it be ;— How that...gain'd by thee, Thou first and last of fields! king-m In the grave where a Briton has laid him. But half of our heavy task was done, When the clock told... | |
 | John White (A.M.) - 1826 - 340 pagina’s
...lonely pillow— Haw the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his And we far away on the billow! fhead, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him ; But nothing he'll reck, if they let him sleep on " Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, In the grave where a Briton has laid him." ' But... | |
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