 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 we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow, That...  The New McGuffey Fifth Reader - Σελίδα 304των William Holmes McGuffey - 1901 - 352 σελίδεςΠλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | 1825 - 726 σελίδες
...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... | |
 | George Gordon Noël Byron - 1826 - 804 σελίδες
...dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we heap'd his narrow bed. And ciiiniitli'il ed for triumphal show? None ; but the moral's truth...harvest grow! And is this all the world has gain'd b nothing he'll reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him. But half of... | |
 | 1826 - 520 σελίδες
...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 σελίδες
...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,... | |
 | John White (A.M.) - 1826 - 340 σελίδες
...But nothing he'll reck, if they let him sleep on " Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, In the grave where a Briton has laid him." ' But half of our heavy task was done, And we heard the distant and random gun, That the foe was suddenly firing— When the clock tolled... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1826 - 852 σελίδες
...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 σελίδες
...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...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... | |
 | Charles Wolfe, John Abraham Russell - 1827 - 500 σελίδες
...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... | |
 | William Brittainham Lacey - 1828 - 308 σελίδες
...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...o'er his cold ashes upbraid him ; But little he'll reek, if they let him sleep on, In the grave where a Briton has laid him. But half of our heavy task... | |
 | Alaric Alexander Watts - 1828 - 498 σελίδες
...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, That the foe...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... | |
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