 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...  Annual Register - Side 326redigeret af - 1818Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | 1828 - 316 sider
...England, many fell victims to a pestilential typhus fever which we had acquired, partly from coming 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... | |
 | Constable and co, ltd - 1828 - 650 sider
...England, many fell victims to a pestilential typl'"8 fever which we had acquired, partly from coming 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... | |
 | Charles Wolfe - 1828 - 312 sider
...pillow, That the foe and the stranger would 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 little he'll reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him. VII. But half... | |
 | J[ohn] H[anbury]. Dwyer - 1828 - 314 sider
...and the stranger would tread o'er bis head, And we, far away o'er the billow. Lightly they'll speak 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 his comrades have laid him. Not the half... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1829 - 290 sider
...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 half of our heavy task was done, When the clock tolled the hour for retiring ; And we heard, by the distant random gun, That the foe was suddenly firing.... | |
 | 1829 - 434 sider
...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...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. ' But half of... | |
 | James Kennedy - 1830 - 506 sider
...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...But half of our heavy task was done, When the clock told the hour for retiring ; And we heard, by the distant and random gun, That the foe was suddenly... | |
 | James Kennedy - 1830 - 502 sider
...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...him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid himBut half of our heavy task was done, When the clock told the hour for retiring ; And we heard, by... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1830 - 420 sider
...thefpe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we -far away on the billaw !;.''• • » * * 6 "Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, ....upbraid him ; But nothing he'll reck, if they let him sleop on • In the grave where a Briton has laid him." 7 But half of our- heavy task was done, When... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - 1830 - 334 sider
...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 of our heavy... | |
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