 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 Quaver; or, Songster's pocket companion - Side 359af Quaver - 1844 - 512 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Thomas Medwin - 1825 - 606 sider
...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.... | |
 | George Gordon Noël Byron - 1826 - 804 sider
...bed. And ciiiniitli'il 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...In the grave where a Briton has laid him. But half of our heavy task was done, When the clock told the hour for retiring ; And we heard by the distant... | |
 | John White (A.M.) - 1826 - 340 sider
...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... | |
 | 1826 - 494 sider
...pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we far away on the hillow ! 6. " 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. 7. " But half... | |
 | 1826 - 520 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 ashes upbraid him, — But little he'll reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him. 7. " But half... | |
 | 1826 - 696 sider
...head, And we far away on the billow. Lightly ihcy'll speak of the spirit that'« gone, And o'er hi* cold ashes upbraid him : But nothing he'll reck if they let him sleep on In a grave where a Union has laid him. But half of our heavy ta*k was done When the clock lold the hour... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1826 - 852 sider
...narrow IK And emooth'd down his lonely pillow. That the foe and the stranger would trd o'er hit head And we far away on the billow! Lightly they'll talk of the epiritthaf- ps-, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him; But nothing he'll reck, if they Irt kii sleep... | |
 | 1827 - 554 sider
...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 they'll talk...In the grave where a Briton has laid him. But half of our duty was yet done, When the clock toll'd the hour for retiring, And we heard the distant and... | |
 | 1827 - 854 sider
...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 they'll talk...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... | |
 | Charles Wolfe, John Abraham Russell - 1827 - 500 sider
...they '11 talk of the spirit that 's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him, — But little he '11 reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him. VII. But half of our heavy task was done, When the clock struck the hour for retiring ; And we heard... | |
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