 | Book - 1841 - 164 sider
...the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we stedfastly 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 lowly pillow, The foe and the stranger would tread... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - 1842 - 352 sider
...prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we steadfastly gazed on the face that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought...the stranger would tread o'er his head And we far awav on the billow. Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid... | |
 | 1842 - 480 sider
...him. Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow, But we steadfastly gazed on the face of the 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... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1842 - 440 sider
...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 o'er his head, Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him ; — But little... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1849 - 316 sider
...burning. 3. Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we steadfastly gazed on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. 4. We thought as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe and... | |
 | Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1825 - 622 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... | |
 | Charles Wolfe, John Abraham Russell - 1842 - 410 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... | |
 | Readings - 1843 - 466 sider
...the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow: But we steadfastly gazed on the face that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought,...his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow, The foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow I Lightly they'll... | |
 | 1843 - 734 sider
...Bundoolah's house, with military honours. And we thought, as we hallowed his lowly bed, And smoothed down bis lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would...tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow. On the day following the funeral, his scanty wardrobe and war-worn military accoutrements, one of the... | |
 | Samuel Niles Sweet - 1843 - 324 sider
...bitterly thought of the morrow. 5. We thought as we hollow'd his narrow bed, And smooth'd down his lowly pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we, far away o'er the billow. 6. Lightly they'll speak of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid... | |
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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... 
