 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
 | J[ohn] H[anbury]. Dwyer - 1828 - 298 sider
...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 of our heavy task was done, When the bell toll'd the hour... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1829 - 276 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...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.... | |
 | Lyre - 1830 - 360 sider
...o'er his head , And we far away on the billow ! Lightly they'll talk of the spirh 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 told the hour for retiring ; And we heard the distant and random gun Of the enemy sullenly firing.... | |
 | James Kennedy - 1830 - 461 sider
...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...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... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 480 sider
...they '11 tal-k 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...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.... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - 1830 - 321 sider
...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...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... | |
 | James Kennedy - 1830 - 461 sider
...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...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 - 404 sider
...-far away on the billaw !;.''• • » * * 6 "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 sleop on • In the grave where a Briton has laid him." 7 But half of our- heavy task was done, When... | |
 | 1831
...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.... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - 1831 - 344 sider
...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 In the grave where...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... | |
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