 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1838 - 412 sider
...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...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 ; And we heard the... | |
 | Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 sider
...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...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 ; And we heard the... | |
 | Jesse Olney - 1838 - 346 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...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... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1838 - 316 sider
...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...laid him." 7 But half of our heavy task was done, 8 ( j; ) Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory! We carved not... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1838 - 336 sider
...away on the billow ! Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes uphraid 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 ; And we heard the... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1839 - 316 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...laid him." 7 But half of our heavy task was done, g) Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory! We carved not a lme,... | |
 | Priscilla Maden Watts - 1839 - 286 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 a Briton has laid him. But half of our heavy task was done, When the clock tolled the hour for retiring ; And we heard by... | |
 | Jerrold Vernon, Grace Horsley Darling - 1839 - 514 sider
...of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid bun ; But nothing he'll reck if they'll let him sleep on, In the grave where a Briton has laid him." CHAPTER V. " The course of true love never did run smooth." QUICKLY passed the time of Frederick's... | |
 | 1840 - 368 sider
...lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his And we far away on the billow ! [head, Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And...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 And we heard the distant... | |
 | Lyre - 1841 - 374 sider
...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 In the grave where a Briton has laid him. 58 BUIUALJJF SIR JOHN MOORE. But half of our heavy task was done, When the clock told the hour for... | |
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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. 
