 No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet nor in shroud we wound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him. Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we steadfastly...  The American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review - Side 296redigeret af - 1817Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Alaric Alexander Watts - 1828 - 422 sider
...Few and short were 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 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... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 266 sider
...Few and short were 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...his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow — How the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his And we far away on the billow! [head, " Lightly... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1828 - 320 sider
...of sorrow; But we steadfastly gazed on the face of the dead, Few and short were the prayers we said, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought,...And smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe would be rioting over his head, And we far away on the billow. Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's... | |
 | Constable and co, ltd - 1828 - 650 sider
...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... | |
 | Charles Wolfe - 1828 - 312 sider
...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... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1828 - 452 sider
...morrow — 5 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, And we far away on the billow ! 6 " Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him ; But nothing... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1828 - 414 sider
...sorrow ; But we steadfastly gazed on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow — 5 We thought — as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow — How theybe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow ! 6 " Lightly... | |
 | J[ohn] H[anbury]. Dwyer - 1828 - 314 sider
...the prayers we said, We spoke not a word of sorrow, But stedfastly gaz'd on the face of the dead, And bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smooth 'il down his lowly pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er bis head, And we,... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1828 - 418 sider
...Few and short were 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— 5 We thought—as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow— How the foe and... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - 1828 - 408 sider
...deaJ , And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought as we heaped his narrow bed, And smooth'd down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er And we far away on the billow. Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone> And o'er his cold ashes... | |
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