 | John Hugh Hawley - 1865 - 166 σελίδες
...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...done, When the clock struck the hour for retiring ; And we heard the distant and random gun That the foe was sullenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid... | |
 | Juvenile verse and picture book - 1866 - 130 σελίδες
...smooth'd 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...was done When the clock struck the hour for retiring ; And we heard the distant and random gun That the foe was suddenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - 1866 - 574 σελίδες
...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...was done When the clock struck the hour for retiring ; And we heard the distant and random gun That the foe was sullenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid... | |
 | John Dudley Philbrick - 1866 - 174 σελίδες
...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...was done When the clock struck the hour for retiring ; Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of fame fresh and gory ; We carved not a line,... | |
 | Frederick Saunders - 1866 - 412 σελίδες
...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...done, When the clock struck the hour for retiring ; And we heard the distant and random gun That the foe was sullenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid... | |
 | Words - 1866 - 368 σελίδες
...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...was done When the clock struck the hour for retiring ; And we heard the distant and random gun That the foe was sullenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid... | |
 | Standard poetry book - 1866 - 300 σελίδες
...smoothed down his lowly 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...done When the clock struck the hour for retiring; And we heard the distant and random gun Of the enemy sullenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid him... | |
 | Edward William Cox - 1867 - 356 σελίδες
...smoothed down his lonely pillow — — How 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...they let him sleep on In the grave where a BRITON hath laid him. But half of our heavy task was done When the clock told the hour for retiring And we... | |
 | Edward Clarke Lowe - 1868 - 186 σελίδες
...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...done, When the clock struck the hour for retiring ; And we heard the distant and random gun, That the foe was sullenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid... | |
 | Charles Bilton - 1868 - 216 σελίδες
...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...done, When the clock struck the hour for retiring ; And we heard the distant and random gun That the foe was sullenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid... | |
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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. 
