 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 has laid him. But half of our heavy task was done When the clock struck the hour for retiring;...  The Port Folio - Side 2591817Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 sider
...prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we steadfastly gazed on the face that was And hark ! 3. little he'll reok, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him. But half of our... | |
 | 1844 - 402 sider
...steadfastly gazed on the lace that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought as we hollow'd his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow,...that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him, But little he'll reek, if they let him sleep on In the ground where a Briton has laid him. But half of... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - 1844 - 544 sider
...we hollowed his narrow bed, 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...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 tolled... | |
 | Quaver - 1844 - 552 sider
...narrow bed, And smooth'd down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'erhishead, And we far away on the billow. Lightly they'll talk...; But nothing he'll reck if they let him sleep on, In the grave where a Briton has laid him. But half our heavy task was done, When the clock told the... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 sider
...narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er bis still, as if with opium drugged, Snore to the murmurs of the Atlantic wave? Is little he'll reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him. But half of our... | |
 | 1844 - 328 sider
...That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er Ml 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 reck if they'll let him sleep on, In the grave where a Briton has laid him. But half our easy task... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1879 - 372 sider
...pillow, That 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 asjhes upbraid him ; But little he'll reck, if they'll let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - 1985 - 1106 sider
...are revealed by tearing away the skin, showed he had been scalped, though still living. Chapter XXI "Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And...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." Charles Wolfe, "The Burial of... | |
 | Sam R. Watkins - 2008 - 256 sider
...chicken tomorrow?' "Lightly they'll talk of the Southern Confed. that's gone, And o'er his empty carcass upbraid him; But nothing he'll reck, if they let him sleep on, In the place where they have laid him. "Sadly and slowly they laid him down, From the field of fame... | |
 | 2013 - 249 sider
...his narrow bed And smooth'd down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er Ms head, And we far away on the billow ! Lightly they'll...that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him ; But little he'll reek, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him," 85. THE VICTOEY... | |
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