 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1843 - 320 sider
...prayers we said, We spoke not a word of sorrow, But steadfastly gaz'd on the face of the dead, And bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought as we hollowed 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... | |
 | John Sydney Taylor - 1843 - 568 sider
...the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we stedfostly 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... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 108 sider
...him. 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...tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow ! they '11 talk of the spirit that '3 gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him ; But little he '11... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 sider
...prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we steadfastly gazed on the face that was rse and him, unconscious of them all. But 0 the important...What are its tidings? have our troops awaked! Or do bis head, And we far away on the billow ! Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - 1844 - 544 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...And smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe would be rioting over his head, And we far away on the billow. Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's... | |
 | 1882 - 844 sider
..."The Burial of Sir John Moore," I find, — 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. It would be tedious (though not uninstructive) to give a list of the Gaelicisms which are to be found... | |
 | Sarah Stickney Ellis - 1844 - 522 sider
...And died." She stoop'd to rip the wave. " We thought as we hollowed 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." " We thought as we hollowed his liltle bed, '• And dug out his lonely pillow, "That the foe and the... | |
 | 1883 - 864 sider
...WATERLOO. i. W illiam. 2. A djective. 3. T urban. 5. R iddle. 6. L ion. 7. 0 pal. 8. POETICAL PUZZLE. ' We thought as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow, How the foe and the stranger would trea And we far away on the billow." NAMES OF CELEBRATED ENIGMATICALLY... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1879 - 372 sider
...him. 4. 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. 5. We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed, . And smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe and... | |
 | James Chapman - 378 sider
...— and short, were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow, But we steadfastly looked on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of...pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o1er his head, And we far away on the billow. Lightly they1ll talk of the spirit that1s gone, And o1er... | |
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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... 
