 | 1825 - 600 sider
...prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we steadfastly gaz'd on the face that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. • We thought, as we hollow'd his narrow bed, And smooth'd down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread... | |
 | 1825 - 726 sider
...the morrow. " We thought, w we hollowed his barrow bed, And smoothed down hit lonely pillow, I hat the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we fer away on the billow. "Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er hit cold ashes upbraid... | |
 | Thomas Medwin - 1825 - 578 sider
...the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow : But we stedfastly gazed on the face that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we hollow'd his narrow bed, And smooth'd down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread... | |
 | 1826 - 520 sider
...And we bitterly thought of the morrow. 5. " We thought, as we hollow'd his narrow bed, And smooth'd down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger...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... | |
 | 1826 - 494 sider
...And we hitterly thought of the morrow. 5. " We thought, as we hollow'd his narrow 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 hillow ! 6. " Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him,... | |
 | George Gordon Noël Byron - 1826 - 804 sider
...Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we stedfastly ga/ed for aye. However mighty in the olden time ; Nor all that herald* rake from coffi heap'd his narrow bed. And ciiiniitli'il down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would... | |
 | John White (A.M.) - 1826 - 340 sider
..., r ' Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we stedfastly gazed on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow— We thought—as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow— Haw the foe and the... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1826 - 852 sider
...hit 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
...Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we steadfastly gaz'd on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. Wethoughtaswe hollowM his narrow bed, And smooth'd down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger... | |
 | Charles Wolfe, John Abraham Russell - 1827 - 500 sider
...thoughtj as we hollow'd his narrow bed. And smooth 'd down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the strnger would tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow ! VI. Lightly they '11 talk of the spirit that 's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him, — But... | |
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Not in sheet nor in shroud we wound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest With his martial cloak around him. Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we steadfastly gazed on the face that was dead, And... 
