 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 - Side 296redigeret af - 1817Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | 1828 - 814 sider
...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...But half of our heavy task was done, When the clock tolled the hour for retiring ; And we heard the distant and random gun Of the enemy sullenly firing.... | |
 | Alaric Alexander Watts - 1828 - 422 sider
...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 upbraid him ; But nothing he'll...But half of our heavy task was done, When the clock tolled the hour for retiring ; And we heard, by the distant and random gun, That the foe was suddenly... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 266 sider
...o'er his And we far away on the billow! [head, " Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him; But nothing he'll...But half of our heavy task was done, When the clock tolled the hour for retiring, And we heard the distant and random gun, That the foe was suddenly firing... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1828 - 320 sider
...rioting over 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...has laid him. But half of our heavy task was done, And we heard, by the distant random gun, That the foe was suddenly firing. When the clock tolled the... | |
 | John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - 1828 - 600 sider
...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...But half of our heavy task was done, When the clock struck the hour for retiring ; And we heard the distant and random gun That the foe was sullenly firing.... | |
 | 1828 - 316 sider
...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...But half of our heavy task was done, When the clock struck the hour for retiring ; And we heard the distant and random gun That the foe was sullenly firing.... | |
 | Constable and co, ltd - 1828 - 650 sider
...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...But half of our heavy task was done, When the clock struck the hour for retiring ; And we heard the distant and random gun That the foe was sullenly firing.... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1828 - 418 sider
...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 he'll...sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him." 7 But half of our heavy task was done, When the clock toll'd the hour for retiring, And we heard the... | |
 | William Brittainham Lacey - 1828 - 308 sider
...they'll talk of the spirit 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. But half of our heavy task was done, Wh«n the clock struck the hour for retiring ; And we heard the distant and random gun, That the foe... | |
 | Charles Wolfe - 1828 - 312 sider
...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 of our heavy task was done, - When the clock struck the hour for retiring ; And we heard... | |
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